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Dear Legal Mailbag:
I am an assistant principal at a high school, and with the end of the
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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:
I am an assistant principal at a high school, and with the end of the…
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Dear Legal Mailbag:
As administrators at a middle school, we implemented a code of conduct policy this past…
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Dear Legal Mailbag:
As the principal of an elementary school, I try to be kind to all of…
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Dear Legal Mailbag:
I love reading your mailbag. I am a school administrative assistant, and I have a…
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Dear Legal Mailbag,
As a middle school assistant principal in a district with a great number and variety…
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Deal Legal Mailbag:
As a high school administrator, we regularly encounter situations involving seniors who have recently turned…
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After a contentious budget process, the Nutmeg Board of Education finally has its appropriation for the coming fiscal year. Sadly, however, the appropriation recommended by the…
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Dear Legal Mailbag,
We have a mother demanding to see school security footage from an incident in which…
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Dear Legal Mailbag:
I read with interest your answer to TikTok’ed Off a couple of weeks ago about…
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Dear Legal Mailbag:
As a middle school principal, I especially enjoy and learn from your CAS Legal Mailbag…
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