Bob Bombast, veteran member of the Nutmeg Board of Education, woke from a deep sleep and realized that he and his fellow Board members were entering the dreaded budget season, when they must come up with a budget for 2026-2027
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Dear Legal Mailbag:
While I applaud the interest Legal Mailbag expressed last week in showing elementary administrators more love (“Wishing Elementary Got More Mailbag Love”), let’s get real. When it comes to
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Dear Legal Mailbag,
I am the principal of an elementary school and a loyal reader of your weekly column. I always appreciate the questions you tackle, though I have noticed that our youngest
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Dear Legal Mailbag:
As an assistant principal in a large middle school, I have to search students from time to time who are accused of being in possession of contraband (you name it,
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
