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It is a school wide rule... not district.
Still the violence continues.. Do we have grounds to sue the parents both criminally and in civil court?
answered on Apr 14, 2018
You can make a complaint with the police. If there are damages due to injury, you can sue in court.
answered on Mar 16, 2018
Discriminate? We can not answer your question without specific, detailed facts and history.
Discrimination is prohibited but if there is a legitimate non-discriminatory reason for treating an employee badly that is not necessarily illegal.
For example, an employee brings in a... View More 
Must there be a team meeting on the student and change or will a signed paper from the parent suffice? Which is more powerful, the principal or IEP? Can a teacher be written up for following the IEP over the directive from the administrator?
answered on Mar 6, 2018
An IEP can only be changed at a noticed meeting. Failure to follow the IEP is the improper act. Following it cannot be overruled by a principal. A principal can, like any committee member, call a CSE meeting.
Benadryl and Xanax were found in my son's school bag a couple of months ago. He gave a Xanax pill to another student outside school early on. The school is now charging him for possessing and distributing controlled substance. However, the school failed to give students the School... View More
answered on Feb 15, 2018
Is this only at the school level or criminal level too. If criminal, get a criminal lawyer, as that is your biggest issue.
I was talking to this kid online, confronting him on things that he does. He starts saying that I’m harassing him. This was all online, off school campus, not during school hours, and it was all on my personal phone. Now I want to know if the school can actually punish me for that. I literally... View More
answered on Feb 8, 2018
Possibly. A frequently used definition of cyberbullying is "an aggressive, intentional act or behavior that is carried out by a group or an individual, using electronic forms of contact, repeatedly and over time against a victim who cannot easily defend him or herself," but there are... View More
Not a federal or government loan. Money is owed to the school.
answered on Feb 3, 2018
Yes. Someone will come looking. However, think of defenses you may have to payment.
What r my options
answered on Jan 31, 2018
It depends on the nature of the bullying, and if it is all in school or out of school too.
I'm a high school junior who is lacking in motivation and struggling academically. I am strongly considering leaving school behind in order to pursue several other opportunities. I turned 16 years old on September 19th, 2017. Am I allowed to drop out at this time, or am I compelled to finish... View More
He already has no scantron, but we would like him to write his answer choices on a line on an answer sheet.
answered on Dec 24, 2017
If it is in the IEP, then you are allowed this modification. It is done for people who need it.
NYC local government like NYC Deptt. of Sanitation or Transportation are exempted from E-Verify? Can I work there on STEM OPT?
Do the NYC government departments MUST enrolled in E-Verify to hire on STEM OPT even if they are exempted from E-Verify?
Do the government departments MUST enrolled in E-Verify to hire on STEM OPT even if they are exempted from E-Verify?
answered on Dec 6, 2017
An immigration lawyer or one who serves as counsel (possibly in house) for higher education is best suited to answer this question.
https://studyinthestates.dhs.gov/stem-opt-hub
They refuse me? I went to a European school I don’t know if that would matter
answered on Nov 29, 2017
No, you cannot be refused. Go to the local school and register.
i had a justified reason to withdraw from college but the college says it didnt recognize the withdrawal i did because due to what kind of withdrawal i did at the time i applied for it. They are saying that i couldve took an medical leave of absence and i would have to sign extra paperwork with... View More
answered on Nov 28, 2017
The policy is standard and you are going to have to follow through with it.
The letter is from a law firm representing a school district superintendent. After a meeting in which she invited me into her office, she sent a letter saying that she was fearful and that I threatened her staff. I did neither of these things, and in fact waited politely while the secretary... View More
answered on Nov 21, 2017
You need to write a responsive letter to correct the record. There is nothing else you need to do now, unless there are other consequences.
I finished graduate school and upon entering the program the site mentioned how they had graduates who had these certain jobs in the field and how some went on with further education to get more advanced positions. After the first semester we found out we were the 2nd class for this program and... View More
answered on Nov 19, 2017
You can report it to the New York State Department of Education.
answered on Oct 31, 2017
I am not sure what the epilepsy has to do with this, but if you believe the slamming of a door was intentional you can call the police.
I had to submit an appeal to the commissioner of education and request a stay and that was not easy to write either.
answered on Oct 30, 2017
Not only can the principal deny an exemption, they will usually do it. The appeal is all you can do. The problem is that the appeal may take a year or more to resolve, and your grounds must be established. This is a technical issue.
I had filed a discrimination complaint with my son's Board of Education at their school. The Board of Education responded that the school attorney would conduct an investigation, which she did, and determined the school was not guilty. When I received the board of education's decision I... View More
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