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Custodian’s Remark About “Bringing the School Down With Me” Sufficient Cause for Termination
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The Connecticut State Board of Mediation and Arbitration recently held that a board of education possessed just cause to discharge an employee who expressed suicidal…
Teacher’s Breach of Contract Claim Dismissed Without Union Involvement
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A tenured teacher who was laid off due to budget cuts brought an action in Superior Court against her board of education for breach of…
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FOI Commission Rules that Teachers’ Interest Arbitration Hearing Should Have Been Open to the Public
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The Freedom of Information Commission has ruled that the evidentiary portion of the 2010 Torrington teachers’ interest arbitration hearing should have been open to the…
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Project Opening Doors Award Upheld
Project Opening Doors (“POD”) is a new program offered on a nation-wide basis through the National Math and Science Initiative (“NMSI”). POD is designed to…
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New Haven Teachers’ Contract Gaining National Attention
The newly-settled contract between the New Haven Board of Education and the New Haven Federation of Teachers has been getting attention nationally. The terms of…
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