With the start of the school year, Bob Bombast, veteran member of the Nutmeg Board of Education, invited parents and employees to email him with
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Emerging School Law Issues
Tom is chair emeritus of the School Law Practice Group and is active in all areas of school law, including labor negotiations for certified and non-certified staff, teacher tenure proceedings, grievance arbitration, freedom of information hearings, student disciplinary matters, special education disputes and all other legal proceedings involving boards of education. Tom is the author of A Practical Guide to Connecticut School Law (10th Edition, 2023), a comprehensive treatise on Connecticut school law, and two columns, "See You in Court!," which appears in the CABE Journal, and "Legal Mailbag," which appears in the CAS Bulletin.
With the start of the school year, Bob Bombast, veteran member of the Nutmeg Board of Education, invited parents and employees to email him with…
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Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter
Dear Legal Mailbag,
I am a superintendent in a regional school district made up of the neighboring communities…
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Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter
Dear Legal Mailbag:
Our high school maintains over 130 surveillance cameras that monitor public spaces inside and outside…
Continue Reading CAS Legal Mailbag – 9/17/26
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter
Dear Legal Mailbag:
As the principal of an elementary school, I like to keep my head down. However…
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Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter
Dear Legal Mailbag:
We are just starting the new school year, and a paraeducator is already having attendance…
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The Nutmeg Board of Education is negotiating with the Nutmeg Union of Teachers (NUTS) this fall for a successor collective bargaining agreement, to be effective…
Continue Reading See You In Court – September 2026
Nellie Newby was elected to the Nutmeg Board of Education last November, and she spent the better part of the year rarely speaking at Board…
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Pamela Parent has been on social media incessantly of late, railing against Coach Rock, the Girls Softball coach at Nutmeg Memorial High School. Pamela is upset…
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Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter
Dear Legal Mailbag:
I am an assistant principal at a high school, and with the end of the…
Continue Reading CAS Legal Mailbag – 6/18/26
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter
Dear Legal Mailbag:
As administrators at a middle school, we implemented a code of conduct policy this past…
Continue Reading CAS Legal Mailbag – 6/11/26