Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter
Dear Legal Mailbag:
Now that Thanksgiving is over, some of us are decorating for Christmas. That is normally fine with me, but one of my teachers may have gone overboard. A teacher in my school who doesn’t celebrate Christmas complained that another teacher has placed a small crèche on her…
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter
Greetings Legal Mail Bag,
I have worked in districts that follow the policy that IEP progress reports are mailed home directly to families, as they are treated as the confidential file of the student to whom they belong. I have recently taken on a new position in a…
Last May, the members of the Nutmeg Board of Education voted to extend Mr. Superintendent’s contract for one year, with the result that his contract now extends from July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027. However, over the last six months, some members of the Board have decided that the performance of long-suffering Mr. Superintendent has…
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter
Dear Legal Mailbag:
As the principal of a middle school, I find myself in the doghouse with my Superintendent, and I am hoping that Legal Mailbag can help me get out. One of the secretaries in my school woke up from a deep sleep last month to realize that…
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter
Dear Legal Mailbag:
The father of one of the students in my school is a pain in my butt. He is always complaining to me as principal about his son’s experiences at my school. “The homework is too hard!” “The activities in physical education class should be less strenuous!” “The other students…
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter
Dear Legal Mailbag;
We have a new security guard at my school this year, and he is causing me concern. His predecessor was a take-charge kind of guy. This new guard, however, is mellow, and doesn’t want to get his hands dirty. Last week, for example, two students started fighting, but…
Sometimes we hear that opposites attract, and such was the case between two members of the Nutmeg Board of Education. Board members Penny Pincher and Mal Content rarely see eye to eye on the challenges the Board faces, with Mal always ready to approve increased spending, while Penny Pincher typically votes against any new expenditures. But somehow…
The Nutmeg Board of Education includes “Audience to Visitors” on its agenda, a long-established opportunity for people to speak directly to the Board members at the beginning of their meetings. The rules for public comment in Nutmeg provide that speakers must sign up to speak before the meeting starts, that they may speak for up to…
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter
Dear Legal Mailbag:
Given that it is Halloween, I have a scary story to tell. A student recently moved into our district and enrolled in my school. The parents are lovely people, but they have strong feelings about what we can teach their child, who is in the fourth grade. They…
