CAS Legal Mailbag – 11/10/22
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: I am a middle school principal, and recently I had an issue with our lost-and-found. (As a side note, I am constantly amazed at how...
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Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: I am a high school principal, and I respect the value of technology integration in schools. That said, I am growing tired of the...
View ArticleSee You In Court – December 2022
The members of the Nutmeg Board of Education were pleased earlier this year to partner with St. Mary’s Church, a Catholic church in Nutmeg. St. Mary’s agreed to send employees to Acorn Elementary...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag – 12/1/22
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: Last week, one of the teachers in my school told me that another teacher may be harassing a female colleague by email. The teacher...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag – 12/8/22
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: Season’s greetings! I love the holidays as much as the next guy. But this year I have a problem on which I need guidance from Legal...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag – 12/15/22
Guest Columnist: Sarah E. Gleason, Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: I am a middle school principal, and I am used to dealing with the hormones of preteens and young...
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CAS Legal Mailbag – 12/22/22
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: Faithful reader here for years, and finally with a question of my own to submit! I am an instructional coach in a large district in...
View ArticleSee You In Court – January 2023
Bob Bombast, the senior member of the Nutmeg Board of Education, is a busybody who is always looking for trouble. As he was scrolling through Facebook, he came across a post by Tom Teacher, a Facebook...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag – 1/5/23
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: As an assistant principal at a large high school, I often have to answer parent questions about academics, sports, transportation,...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag – 1/12/23
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: I spent a semester in law school before going to graduate school in education, and given that experience, I am a bit of a “jailhouse...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag – 1/19/23
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: It’s nearly two years later, and somehow COVID-19 issues continue to pop up. I am a high school principal, and I recently received...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag – 1/26/23
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: With THC and nicotine vaping on the rise in schools, as a high school administrator, I have a couple of questions for Legal Mailbag....
View ArticleSee You In Court – February 2023
Veteran Board member Bob Bombast was recently confronted at the grocery store by an exasperated Polly Parent. She told Bob that her daughter attends Median Middle School and that she is being harassed...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag – 2/2/23
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: As a security officer assigned to a middle school, I was surprised to see a teacher sitting in his car in the school parking lot...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag – 2/9/23
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: As an HR director for a Connecticut school district, I read with interest your response last week to the security guard who caught a...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag – 2/16/23
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: Long-time reader, first-time writer. When I took the job of principal, I knew that dealing with angry and sometimes irate parents...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag – 2/23/23
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: I work as a school counseling secretary, and I regularly deal with confidential student information. Given that responsibility, I...
View ArticleSee You In Court – March 2023
Bob Bombast, veteran member of the Nutmeg Board of Education, serves as Chairperson of the Policy Committee of the Nutmeg Board of Education. Ms. Superintendent called Bob last month and asked him...
View ArticlePeter J. Maher as panelist at ConnCASE
Join ConnCASE on Thursday, March 9 – 10, 2023 for their Annual Legal Conference This conference has been designed to provide participants with the most up to date legal information on Special...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag – 3/9/23
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: A parent of one of the students in my school is frightening me. He has always been irascible, but his aggression is getting worse...
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