Student Free Speech and Student Discipline
Legal
Until the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2021 decision in Mahanoy Area Sch. Dist. v. B.L., the high court had only written four decisions that directly confronted student free speech in PreK-12 public schools.
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10 Ways to Minimize Your Liability
Legal
Being a campus administrator is a difficult job with a lot of responsibilities. The more responsibilities you have, and the more people you supervise, the more chances there are for things to go wrong.
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Coping with Conflict and Complaints: Tips for Handling Grievances and Rogue Complaints
Legal
If there are going to be complaints about you or your campus—and there probably will be—it is preferable the complaining party put it in writing.
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Responding to a Bad T-PESS Evaluation
Legal
Writing a response is a time-honored, professional activity that is almost always recommended following a bad evaluation. Despite the absence of an express rule, your supervisor would look foolish rejecting a timely submitted, professional response to the evaluation.
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Giving and Receiving Employee References
Legal
Administrators are often asked to give a good reference for an employee. Maybe the employee is excellent, and you have no reservations. Maybe the employee is marginal, or worse, the employee is being pushed out, but a good reference will expedite the departure.
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Your “Private” Texts May Be Public Information: An Update on the Public Information Act and The Open Meetings Act
Legal
Many school employees think their text messages are “private” if they are made on their own phone, on their own time, and through their own phone service. But those facts do not matter in determining whether the text message is private or public.
