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Dear Legal Mailbag:
As an assistant principal, one of my main jobs is handling discipline. Recently, one of
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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.
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter
Dear Legal Mailbag:
As an assistant principal, one of my main jobs is handling discipline. Recently, one of…
Continue Reading CAS Legal Mailbag – 2/12/26
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter
Dear Legal Mailbag:
The staff and students at the elementary school where I am principal enjoy every holiday…
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Dear Legal Mailbag:
With all the recent hullabaloo with various federal law enforcement organizations possibly carrying out activities…
Continue Reading CAS Legal Mailbag – 1/22/26
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Dear Legal Mailbag:
I am a high school principal, and last week I had a contentious meeting with…
Continue Reading CAS Legal Mailbag – 1/15/2026
Bob Bombast, veteran member of the Nutmeg Board of Education, woke from a deep sleep and realized that he and his fellow Board members were…
Continue Reading See You In Court – January 2026
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Dear Legal Mailbag:
While I applaud the interest Legal Mailbag expressed last week in showing elementary administrators more…
Continue Reading CAS Legal Mailbag – 12/18/25
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Dear Legal Mailbag,
I am the principal of an elementary school and a loyal reader of your weekly…
Continue Reading CAS Legal Mailbag – 12/11/25
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Dear Legal Mailbag:
As an assistant principal in a large middle school, I have to search students from…
Continue Reading CAS Legal Mailbag – 12/4/25
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Dear Legal Mailbag:
As is happening all over right now, students have been making “darts,” which are “Post-it”®…
Continue Reading CAS Legal Mailbag – 11/20/25
Bob Bombast, veteran member of the Nutmeg Board of Education, was surprised to read on social media the complaint of Tom Teacher, a popular teacher…
Continue Reading See You In Court – December 2025