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SEE YOU IN COURT! – November 2019

By Thomas B. Mooney on November 1, 2019

Posted in Board Organization, Authority and Responsibilities, CABE Journal Columns, Featured, Most Recent Columns, Public Schools, Publications and Alerts

Tom Teacher has long been employed by the Nutmeg Board of Education. He has been a pain in the neck in recent years, complaining whenever…
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SEE YOU IN COURT! – October 2019

By Thomas B. Mooney on October 1, 2019

Posted in Board Organization, Authority and Responsibilities, CABE Journal Columns, Featured, Most Recent Columns, Public Schools, Publications and Alerts

Patty Parent, a single mother, came to the office at Acorn Elementary School at the beginning of the school year, asking that the office change…
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Reporting Apps, Email Scanning, and Beyond: What Boards of Education Should Know About the Latest Trends in School Safety

By Jessica Richman Smith on September 23, 2019

Posted in Board of Education, Generally, Board Organization, Authority and Responsibilities, CABE Journal Columns, Most Recent Columns, Public Schools, Publications and Alerts

This article first appeared in the September 2019 CABE Journal.

In the wake of violence affecting schools around the country, school districts nationwide are…
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SEE YOU IN COURT! – September 2019

By Thomas B. Mooney on September 12, 2019

Posted in Board Organization, Authority and Responsibilities, CABE Journal Columns, Most Recent Columns, Public Schools, Publications and Alerts

Bob Bombast has long served as the Chairperson of the Policy Committee of the Nutmeg Board of Education. Over the last two years, the Committee…
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SEE YOU IN COURT! – July/August 2019

By Thomas B. Mooney on July 11, 2019

Posted in Board Organization, Authority and Responsibilities, CABE Journal Columns, Most Recent Columns, Public Schools, Publications and Alerts

The members of the Nutmeg Board are very concerned about whether and how they will make ends meet this year. The Town slashed their budget…
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SEE YOU IN COURT! – June 2019

By Thomas B. Mooney on June 4, 2019

Posted in Board Organization, Authority and Responsibilities, CABE Journal Columns, Finances, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Most Recent Columns, Public Schools, Publications and Alerts, Special Education

The Nutmeg Board of Education is getting ready to close out its books for the 2018-2019 school year, and some of the new Board members…
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SEE YOU IN COURT! – May 2019

By Thomas B. Mooney on May 1, 2019

Posted in Board Organization, Authority and Responsibilities, CABE Journal Columns, Discipline, Most Recent Columns, Publications and Alerts, Students

With the arrival of spring and the coming of summer, incidents of student misbehavior increase in Nutmeg each year. This year, Mr. Superintendent has had…
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SEE YOU IN COURT! – April 2019

By Thomas B. Mooney on April 5, 2019

Posted in Board of Education, Generally, Board Organization, Authority and Responsibilities, CABE Journal Columns, Most Recent Columns, Public Schools, Publications and Alerts, Teacher Employment, Evaluation and Dismissal

The members of the Nutmeg Board of Education want to do what they can to improve student achievement in Nutmeg, which has been lagging in…
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SEE YOU IN COURT! – March 2019

By Thomas B. Mooney on March 1, 2019

Posted in Board Organization, Authority and Responsibilities, CABE Journal Columns, Most Recent Columns, Public Schools, Publications and Alerts, Rights of Teachers, Teacher Employment, Evaluation and Dismissal

As the Nutmeg Board of Education was preparing to reconvene into open session after completing its executive session discussion last week, veteran Board member Bob…
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SEE YOU IN COURT! – February 2019

By Thomas B. Mooney on February 1, 2019

Posted in Board of Education, Generally, Board Organization, Authority and Responsibilities, CABE Journal Columns, Federal and State Role in Education, Finances, Freedom of Information, Most Recent Columns, Public Schools, Publications and Alerts

The Nutmeg Board of Education is in the thick of its budget deliberations, and the members are having trouble establishing priorities. Board members Red Cent…
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