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Dear Legal Mailbag:
I love reading your mailbag. I am a school administrative assistant, and I have a question for you.
We recently had a 3rd grade field trip, and one parent chaperone
On May 19, 2026, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court unanimously held in Sabatini v. Knouse, SJC-13781, that individuals in academic settings can be held personally liable for sexual harassment under M.G. L. c. 214, § 1C. Until this decision, professors and
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Dear Legal Mailbag,
As a middle school assistant principal in a district with a great number and variety of challenging student behaviors, I am constantly working to maintain a safe and positive educational
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Deal Legal Mailbag:
As a high school administrator, we regularly encounter situations involving seniors who have recently turned 18. The other day, a student went to the nurse complaining of stomach pain. The
The laws governing the termination of tenured teachers in Connecticut will look significantly different beginning July 1, 2026, as a result of sweeping labor legislation passed by the General Assembly last week.
The revisions are part of Public Act 26-12, An
After a contentious budget process, the Nutmeg Board of Education finally has its appropriation for the coming fiscal year. Sadly, however, the appropriation recommended by the Nutmeg Board of Finance and approved by the voters was $850,000 less than the budget
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Dear Legal Mailbag,
We have a mother demanding to see school security footage from an incident in which her son was fighting with another student. Our administrative team did teacher and student interviews to
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Dear Legal Mailbag:
I read with interest your answer to TikTok’ed Off a couple of weeks ago about the problems with teachers making TikTok videos in their classrooms. No disrespect intended, but I
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Dear Legal Mailbag:
As a middle school principal, I especially enjoy and learn from your CAS Legal Mailbag posts. A recent post included the following statement:
The exception related to Conn. Gen. Stat.
Dear Legal Mailbag:
It’s that time of year again, when student behavior starts to increase and teachers are struggling more to manage classes. Yesterday, a parent came to me and wanted to make a report of bullying in her middle school