Natalie Hoernschemeyer and Betsey Helfrich of the firm’s education department successfully represented a Missouri school district before the Missouri Court of Appeals. After a hearing before the district’s Board of Education, the Board terminated three tenured...
U.S. News and Best Lawyers have named Mickes Goldman O’Toole, LLC as one of the “Best Law Firms” in the country, and the only one in St. Louis, in the area of Education Law. The only other firm so recognized in Missouri other than ours is a 500-attorney firm in Kansas...
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...
On July 2nd, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued its decision in Lathrop R-II Sch. Dist. v. Gray affirming the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri order granting summary judgment in favor of the Lathrop R-II...
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...
Registration is now open for the Fall 2010 Mickes Goldman O’Toole, LLC School Law Seminars. These highly popular legal education events for school administrators, board members and superintendents will be held at five locations around the state of Missouri during...
Mickes Goldman O’Toole education law attorneys shared expertise on a variety of schools law matters at the 2010 Missouri Association of School Business Officials (MOASBO) Annual Conference in April. Included were the following presentations: Dealing With Teachers and...
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...
