See You In Court – July/August 2023
The Nutmeg Board of Education has been busy for years with challenges arising from outdated facilities, a contentious teachers’ union, and inadequate funding from Town and its irascible Board of...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag – 9/14/23
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: With the teacher shortage this year, we struggled to fill the vacancies we confronted. We did our best in hiring teachers by the...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag – 9/21/23
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: As we are settling in to the new school year, we are starting to get accommodation requests. A fourth grader in my school is...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag – 9/28/23
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: Last week, I received a request from a parent for accommodation, and I write to Legal Mailbag because I am at a loss at how best to...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag – 10/5/23
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: We have a 14-year-old student here at my high school who has requested that we use the pronoun “she” and refer to her as “Carolyn...
View ArticleSee You In Court – October 2023
Tom Teacher has worked for the Nutmeg Public Schools for twelve years, and over those years he has often been in conflict over his questionable pedagogical practices with Mr. Principal, who has been...
View ArticleSee You In Court – November 2023
Nellie Newbie was appointed last spring to fill a vacancy on the Nutmeg Board of Education, and she has embraced her new role with enthusiasm, so much so that she has ruffled many feathers. Shortly...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag – 11/9/23
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: As a middle school principal, I have spent the better part of this school year navigating between two warring parents whose children...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag – 11/16/23
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: I write with a simple question, and I hope that you can provide a simple answer. For years now, we have used a standard permission...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag – 11/22/23
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: I write to ask for your assistance in working out a problem between one of the teachers at my elementary school and a parent who is...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag – 11/30/23
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: I am not sure if this is a legal issue, but here’s my question. One of the teachers in my school recently found God, and she has...
View ArticleSee You In Court – December 2023
Gary Gadfly moved with his family to Nutmeg two years ago, and ever since then he has made his presence known with emails and complaints. First, he started a Change.org petition to protest the Board’s...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag – 12/7/23
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: At our high school, we have opened a gender-neutral bathroom that has three floor-to-ceiling stalls and a separate sink area. All of...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag – 12/14/23
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: As the principal of an elementary school, I am a bit of a neatnik. Last month, I was looking around at old chairs, tables, and...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag – 12/21/23
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: Happy holidays to you and yours. Before you take time off next week, I need your help with a holiday dilemma. As the principal of a...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag – 1/4/24
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: My colleagues and I read with interest your response to the question regarding accommodations for a student whose faith prohibits...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag – 1/25/24
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: One of the teachers in my building has a lot of anger, and every time we talk, I am worried that he is going to erupt. His latest...
View ArticleSee You In Court – February 2024
Tom Teacher is well-known in Nutmeg, but not for the right reasons. He is a controversial figure, regularly speaking to both the Nutmeg Town Council and the Nutmeg Board of Education during public...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag – 2/1/24
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag, Our middle school is fully committed to the restorative practice approach to discipline. Our “cleaning with meaning” approach...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag – 2/22/24
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag, As a school administrator, I am writing to seek guidance on a pressing issue that has arisen in our school community since the...
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