Nellie Newbie was excited to be a newly-elected member of the Nutmeg Board of Education, but she admits that she has a lot to learn.
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CAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 1/29/2020
Dear Legal Mailbag:
I am an avid reader of Legal Mailbag, and your advice has been helpful as I do my job as a principal.
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CAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 1/22/2020
Dear Legal Mailbag:
Under our teacher contract, requests for leave come first to me as the building principal, and then they go to the assistant
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CAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 1/15/2020
Dear Legal Mailbag:
Teaching Civics or anything remotely connected to how our government functions (or doesn’t function) has become a contact sport for teachers and
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CAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 1/8/2020
Dear Legal Mailbag:
As a sixth grade teacher, I get nervous every time I read in the paper about teachers and administrators being arrested for
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New DCF Policy Facilitates Online Reporting and Creates New Unit for School Districts!
The Department of Children and Families (DCF) adopted new procedures last month that will make life easier for some mandated reporters. DCF Policy 22-1-3, Mandated
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SEE YOU IN COURT! – January 2020
The Nutmeg Board of Education provides for public comment at the beginning of its regular meetings. The Board permits members of the public to address
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CAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 12/11/2019
Dear Legal Mailbag:
As you know, vaping in schools has become a big problem, and we administrators struggle to put a stop to it. Recently,
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CAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 12/4/2019
Dear Legal Mailbag:
A parent just left my office, and my head is spinning. He claims to be super religious, and he expressed concern about
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SEE YOU IN COURT! – December 2019
Last year, the holiday season was awash in controversy for the Nutmeg Public Schools after the principal of Acorn Elementary School came to school dressed
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