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See You In Court – May 2025

By Thomas B. Mooney on May 20, 2025

With the arrival of warm weather and longer days, the Nutmeg Board of Education has been in the “expulsion season” in recent weeks, that special…

CAS Legal Mailbag – 12/5/24

By Julia V. Wilde & Joseph Miller on December 5, 2024

Posted in Public Schools, Special Education, Uncategorized

Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter

Greetings Legal Mail Bag,

I have worked in districts that follow the policy that IEP progress reports are…

Peter Maher Quoted in SpecialEdConnection Article Entitled “See notice of unilateral placement as chance to win parents back to IEP”

By Peter J. Maher on December 3, 2024

Posted in Featured, Public Schools, Special Education, Uncategorized

Source: SpecialEdConnection, 11/22/24, reprinted by permission

Peter J. Maher is quoted in this SpecialEdConnection article entitled “See notice of unilateral placement as chance to win…

See You In Court – November 2024

By Thomas B. Mooney on November 3, 2024

Posted in CABE Journal Columns, Most Recent Columns, Public Schools, Uncategorized

Sometimes we hear that opposites attract, and such was the case between two members of the Nutmeg Board of Education. Board members Penny Pincher and Mal…

CAS Legal Mailbag – 6/20/24

By Thomas B. Mooney & Natalia Sieira Millán on June 20, 2024

Posted in Board of Education, Generally, Public Schools, Uncategorized

Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter

Dear Legal Mailbag:

As we close out the school year, one of the teachers at my school told…

See You In Court – April 2024

By Thomas B. Mooney on April 2, 2024

Posted in Uncategorized

As with school districts throughout Connecticut, the Nutmeg Board of Education has been struggling to adopt a budget because certain federal grants are ending this…