by Mickes O'Toole | Sep 1, 2011 | Articles, MoASBO
Published by MoASBO, September 2011 In 2009 employers across the country heaved a sigh of defeat as the Americans With Disabilities Act Amendment Act (ADAAA) went into effect, undoing nearly a decade of employer-friendly court decisions. With the ADAAA, Congress...
by Mickes O'Toole | Sep 1, 2011 | Articles, MoASBO
Published by MoASBO, September 2011 In May 2011, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District upheld the Carthage R-IX Board of Education’s decision to terminate the District’s Director of its Parents as Teachers Program for immoral conduct. In the case of Homa...
by Mickes O'Toole | Aug 1, 2011 | News, Successes
The Mickes Goldman O’Toole law firm is proud to announce the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals recent decision in the D.J.M., et al v. Hannibal Public School District #60, et al. The case concerned a student’s claim that his long term discipline for making death threats...
by Mickes O'Toole | Jul 1, 2011 | Articles, MoASBO
Published by MoASBO, July 2011 Q: Our principals are frequently asked to provide job references for former employees. With the passage of the Amy Hestir law, do we need to make any changes? A. The new law requires all Missouri public school districts to adopt a...
by Mickes O'Toole | May 9, 2011 | News, Successes
Tom Mickes and Betsey Helfrich successfully represented the Carthage R-IX School District in an appeal of a teacher termination proceeding before the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District. After a hearing before the District’s Board of Education, the...
