Connecticut school administrators often grapple with whether to discipline students for speech that occurs off school grounds and outside a school-sponsored activity (“off-campus speech”). Under Connecticut law, students may be disciplined, including suspended and/or expelled, for off-campus conduct if the
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Dear Legal Mailbag:
As is happening all over right now, students have been making “darts,” which are “Post-it”® notes made into paper planes with a straightened paperclip piece out of the end. It’s a
Bob Bombast, veteran member of the Nutmeg Board of Education, was surprised to read on social media the complaint of Tom Teacher, a popular teacher at Nutmeg Memorial High School. Tom announced his resignation from his employment with the Nutmeg Public
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Dear Legal Mailbag:
I have a question regarding teachers’ rights in a PPT. More specifically, what they are allowed and not allowed to advocate for during a PPT? I ask because we have been
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Dear Legal Mailbag:
As principal of a middle school, I was surprised when two students complained to me that their homeroom teacher hung a crucifix in her classroom. Frankly, I thought that they were
The Nutmeg Board of Education has had its share of legal disputes, and last month was no exception. Local attorney Bill Alot has sued the district on behalf of Sammy Student, who sprained his ankle playing football. Bill claimed that Coach Rock
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Dear Legal Mailbag:
As a middle school principal, I was interested to read Legal Mailbag’s answer to last week’s question about a possible restraint. Actually, it seems to me that this interaction should
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Dear Legal Mailbag:
In this day and age, educators are well-versed in the importance of not touching students in any way that might be misconstrued. However, an issue happened in one of our middle
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Dear Legal Mailbag:
One of the students at my high school has been causing trouble, and, given my position as an assistant principal, I went to contact his parents. When I looked in PowerSchool,
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Dear Legal Mailbag,
I work with a wonderful special education department with staff who are very conscientious about scheduling annual reviews in a timely manner. Most of the time, our PPTs are very
