Attorney Mooney presents annual legal update

Attorney Tom Mooney presents an informative and always-humorous legal update.	Members learn about recent developments in education-related legislation.
CIAC Chair Bill Barney relaxes with fellow administrators.	Principals' Center Director Mike Buckley and Jonathan Law Principal Janet Garagliano
Ed Handi, principal of Green Acres School and CT's 1005 National Distinguished Principal, enjoys some time away from the school building.	Southington High School's Kathy McGrath and Dave Germano try to avoid

More than fifty administrators celebrated the advent of the new school year at the annual Back-to-School Picnic at the CAS Office on August 17th. The event was both a social and professional gathering and included a legal update by Attorney Thomas Mooney of Shipman & Goodwin LLC. Following a short briefing on newly-enacted education-related legislation, colleagues swapped vacation stories and relayed their hopes for the coming school year while enjoying burgers and dogs fresh from the grill.

Attorney Mooney summarized a number of newly enacted bills and discussed how they would impact administrators in the day-to-day operation of their schools. He also reviewed several recent judicial decisions and discussed their implications for Connecticut’s school administrators. The statutes reviewed concerned such critical issues as: administration of medication to students; school transportation; certification requirements for bilingual educators; use of pesticides at schools; and DCF investigations. Click here for a copy of the materials presented by Attorney Mooney.

Many thanks to our grill-master, Bristol Eastern’s Ev Lyons, and to the event organizer, Janet Garagliano, principal of Jonathan Law High School in Milford.