CAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 2/5/2020
Dear Legal Mailbag: I try to be fair in dealing with teacher concerns, big and small. But the latest complaint has me stumped. One of my teachers woke up from a deep sleep and realized that she has...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 2/12/2020
Dear Legal Mailbag: As the principal of an elementary school, I have had my difficulties with permission slips for various field trips. More than once, we have had a young student in the office in...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 2/19/2020
Dear Legal Mailbag: It is that time again. My superintendent sent out the annual memorandum last week asking all of us principals if we have any non-tenured teachers whose contracts we recommend not...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 2/26/2020
Dear Legal Mailbag: I read some reports on Facebook about the controversy over vaccinations of students in school, but I thought it was someone else’s problem — until today. A new family moved into my...
View ArticleSEE YOU IN COURT! – March 2020
The Nutmeg Public Schools have had problem after problem with its payroll software for a few years now. The latest glitch caused a delay of two days in sending out paychecks, which resulted in a visit...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 3/4/2020
Dear Legal Mailbag: Recently, a 7th-grade special education teacher in my building began maternity leave. The other special education teachers, paraprofessionals, and tutors here have been picking up...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 3/26/20
Dear Legal Mailbag: I hope that you and yours are doing well in these challenging times. I must say that my teachers have been incredible in their dedication to their students and their willingness to...
View ArticleExecutive Order Extends Funding, Employment And Preservation of Services for...
Introduction On March 31, 2020, Governor Lamont issued Executive Order No. 7R (“Order 7R”) to address, among other issues, continued funding for boards of education, continued employment and/or...
View ArticleSEE YOU IN COURT! – April 2020
The Nutmeg Board of Education has four standing committees, including the Policy Committee, which has three members. Most of the time, an indifferent public ignores its meetings. This spring,...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 4/2/20
Dear Legal Mailbag: These are indeed strange times. The teachers in my building have been implementing remote instruction like champions. Even those who were uncomfortable with the technology are...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 4/9/20
Dear Legal Mailbag: As a building principal, I am so proud of how our teachers have embraced distance learning during the COVID-19 health emergency. To a person, the teachers have put their hearts into...
View ArticleCommissioner Cardona Announces Guidance on Non-Renewal Process and Tenure...
On April 13, 2020, the Commissioner of Education issued Temporary Flexibilities – Non-Renewal and Tenure, which provides specific guidance to local and regional boards of education as they navigate the...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 4/23/20
Dear Legal Mailbag: I am principal of a comprehensive high school, and my head is still spinning from all the changes that have come with the school closures as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. One...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 4/30/20
Dear Legal Mailbag: Like nearly all other schools in the country, my school district has implemented a distance learning plan during the school closure related to COVID-19. Our initial plan required...
View ArticleSEE YOU IN COURT – May 2020
The Nutmeg Board of Education has done its best to adjust to the new “normal” during the COVID-19 health emergency, and its virtual meetings were only Zoom-bombed once so far. In fact, after a period...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 5/7/20
Dear Legal Mailbag: Now that the Governor has announced that schools will remain closed for the remainder of the current school year, we are starting to think about closing down our school for the...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 5/14/20
Dear Legal Mailbag: As my colleagues and I look ahead to reopening school in the fall, we really don’t know what we are looking at. We hear different things from different people, and it is hard to...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 5/21/20
Dear Legal Mailbag: It has been an adjustment, but I am getting kind of used to living in cyberspace as we work through the challenges of remote learning and COVID-19. One question, however, is nagging...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 5/28/20
Dear Legal Mailbag: I think that we have gotten this remote learning thing down. The teachers in my building have become more or less comfortable with this new “normal,” and I am optimistic that we...
View ArticleSEE YOU IN COURT – June 2020
The Nutmeg Board of Education is getting used to the new normal, meeting remotely during the COVID-19 emergency. The Board members have enjoyed the convenience of meeting in their sweatpants in the...
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