Published by MARE, May 2011 Unless you live under a rock, you’re keenly aware of some of the problems that technology is quickly causing in our nation’s schools. With cell phones, iPads, laptops, netbooks and smartphones, technology has gone completely portable – and...
Published by MoASBO, March 2011 As most school administrators have heard by now, the Missouri Supreme Court recently released its opinion in Turner v. Clayton, a case which could affect many Missouri school districts. To quickly summarize the facts in Turner, the...
Published by MARE, October 2010 Recently, there has been a renewed interest in the Missouri Sunshine Law.[1] In fact, four bills were introduced in the Missouri Legislature this past General Session which concerned the Act. Two of those four bills sought to add...
Published by MOASBO, October 2010 Release of Personally Identifiable Student Information in the Face of an Emergency The chance of a man-made or natural emergency occurring at your school is slight. However, it is imperative to take steps now to be prepared to respond...
Published by MOASBO, July 2010 Sixteen newly enacted statutory sections relating to elementary and secondary education will be effective August 28, 2010. These sections are the product of a recent house bill that revised fourteen current statutory sections and created...
Published by MARE, June 2010 An Examination of Immoral Conduct under the Missouri Teacher Tenure Act It’s Monday morning. You hear through the rumor mill that one of your best high school teachers was arrested over the weekend for driving while intoxicated. To make...
Published by MARE, April 2010 Proactive Measures Your District Can Take Now On February 1, 2010, Mickes Goldman O’Toole celebrated its two year anniversary. And in the past two years alone, the firm’s special education department has handled approximately sixty OCR...
Published by MOASBO, March/April 2010 On February 1, 2010, Mickes Goldman O’Toole celebrated its two year anniversary. And in the past two years alone, our special education department has handled approximately sixty OCR complaints against districts across the state...
Published by MOASBO, March/April 2010 Introduction As Missouri public school districts are all too painfully aware, districts state-wide are facing budgetary problems, the likes of which have not been seen in some time. Districts are left with the...
Published by MARE, January 2010 Consider this: a high school principal suspends a disabled student on September 8 for fighting and bringing a pocket knife to school. He tells the student and his parent that the suspension is “until a hearing before the school board...
