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Dear Legal Mailbag:
As we are settling in to the new school year, we are starting to get
Continue Reading CAS Legal Mailbag – 9/21/23Emerging 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 (9th Edition, 2018), 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 we are settling in to the new school year, we are starting to get…
Continue Reading CAS Legal Mailbag – 9/21/23Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter
Dear Legal Mailbag:
With the teacher shortage this year, we struggled to fill the vacancies we confronted. We did…
Continue Reading CAS Legal Mailbag – 9/14/23The Nutmeg Board of Education has been busy for years with challenges arising from outdated facilities, a contentious teachers’ union, and inadequate funding from Town…
Continue Reading See You In Court – July/August 2023Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter
Dear Legal Mailbag:
As the principal of an elementary school, I have been getting a bunch of questions…
Continue Reading CAS Legal Mailbag – 8/3/23Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter
Dear Legal Mailbag:
Like many towns in Connecticut, events leading to the local budget referendum have been contentious…
Continue Reading CAS Legal Mailbag – 6/15/23Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter
Dear Legal Mailbag:
As we close in on the end of the school year, students are getting more…
Continue Reading CAS Legal Mailbag – 6/8/23Last month, Mr. Superintendent announced his retirement from the Nutmeg Public Schools, effective January 1, 2024, after twelve years of distinguished service. The members of the…
Continue Reading See You In Court – June 2023Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter
Dear Legal Mailbag:
As most school administrators would agree, 99% of our time is spent with 1% of…
Continue Reading CAS Legal Mailbag – 5/25/23Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter
Dear Legal Mailbag:
I am a middle school principal and I have been a building administrator for seventeen…
Continue Reading CAS Legal Mailbag – 5/18/23Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter
Dear Legal Mailbag:
We just installed a great new sign in the foyer in our middle school. It…
Continue Reading CAS Legal Mailbag – 5/11/23