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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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CAS Legal Mailbag – 5/14/26
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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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CAS Legal Mailbag – 4/30/26
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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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CAS Legal Mailbag – 3/12/26
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Dear Legal Mailbag:
I am the principal of an elementary school in a town that has one thing
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New Law Phases Out Early Kindergarten Admission in Connecticut
Last week, Governor Lamont signed into law Public Act 26-1, bringing about changes that will affect the age at which students may begin kindergarten in
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CAS Legal Mailbag – 2/20/26
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Guest Columnist: Joseph Miller
Hello, Legal Mailbag.
Your posts are so helpful to us school administrators—we appreciate you!
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CAS Legal Mailbag – 2/12/26
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Dear Legal Mailbag:
As an assistant principal, one of my main jobs is handling discipline. Recently, one of
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CAS Legal Mailbag – 1/29/26
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Dear Legal Mailbag:
As an elementary school principal, I am usually very confident about my rights and responsibilities
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CAS Legal Mailbag – 1/15/2026
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Dear Legal Mailbag:
I am a high school principal, and last week I had a contentious meeting with
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CAS Legal Mailbag – 1/8/26
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Guest Columnists: Dori Pagé Antonetti and Jessica Richman Smith
Dear Legal Mailbag,
I am an assistant principal at
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