Oct 10, 2024
WASDA Conference Legal Update Education Lawyer
Part 5

Legal Update on Employee Performance Standards in Wisconsin School Districts: Hot Tips #5 & 6

Welcome to the latest edition of our legal update series, which is based on Kirk Strang’s presentation at the WASDA Spring Conference. Thus far, we’ve covered legal updates as they pertain to …

Oct 4, 2024
WASDA Conference Legal Update Education Lawyer
Part 4

Legal Update on Employee Performance Standards in Wisconsin School Districts: Hot Tip #4

Welcome back to our legal update series based on Kirk’s presentation at the WASDA Spring Conference. Thus far, we’ve covered performance…

Oct 1, 2024
WASDA Conference Legal Update Education Lawyer
Part 3

Legal Update on Employee Performance Standards in Wisconsin School Districts: Hot Tip #3

In this article, we continue diving into Kirk Strang’s legal update from April’s WASDA Spring Conference. Our focus is on Hot Tip #3: Write an Essay — which covers teacher evaluations and nonrenewal.

Hot Tip #3: Evaluations: Write an…

Sep 30, 2024
Wisconsin DPI News 2024-2025 General School Aids

Wisconsin DPI Releases General School Aids Estimate for the 2024-25 School Year

Over the summer, the DPI released the estimate for general aids for each Wisconsin public school district for the 2024-25 school year.

The largest type of state-driven support for public schools in Wisconsin, general school aids can be…

Sep 25, 2024
WASDA Conference Legal Update Education Lawyer
Part 2

Legal Update on Employee Performance Standards in Wisconsin School Districts: Hot Tips #1 & 2

In this article, we continue diving into Kirk Strang’s legal update from April’s WASDA Spring Conference with his first two hot tips.

  • Hot Tip #1: Make the PIP work for you
  • Hot Tip #2: Require the subject of the Performance…

Sep 20, 2024
WASDA Conference Legal Update Education Lawyer
Part 1

Legal Update on Employee Performance Standards in Wisconsin School Districts: The Scale of Performance Standards

This 6-part series recaps Kirk Strang’s legal update from April’s WASDA Spring Conference.

Here’s a quick overview of the topics we’re covering in the series:

Sep 17, 2024
Education Law WASDA Conference Vendor Contracts
Part 3

School Contracts with Vendors, Construction Companies, & Architects: Issues, Traps, Pitfalls & More

In the final installment of this series our focus is on school contract issues, traps and pitfalls — as well as contracting methods, issues and practices.

Sep 13, 2024
Education Law WASDA Conference Vendor Contracts
Part 2

School Contracts with Vendors, Construction Companies, & Architects: Contract Clauses

In April, Kirk Strang presented at the WASDA New Superintendents Academy on the topic of school contracts. It’s an important topic that Kirk talks about every year to make sure Wisconsin school districts are up to date, and in the know, regarding…

Sep 10, 2024
Education Law WASDA Conference Vendor Contracts
Part 1

School Contracts with Vendors, Construction Companies, & Architects

This past April, Kirk Strang brought the latest information regarding school contracts to the WASDA New Superintendents Academy.

In this 3-part series, we’ll be reviewing all of the main topics Kirk shared at the conference. Here’s a quick…

Sep 6, 2024
WASDA Student Discipline Suspension and Expulsion
Part 4

Student Discipline & Expulsion from the Superintendent’s Perspective: A Checklist for Expulsion Hearing, & Disciplinary Alternatives

Based on Kirk Strang’s presentation at the November 2023 WASDA New Superintendents Academy, this series addresses the complex topic of student discipline in an effort to help school districts more fully understand — and be prepared for — serious…

Aug 31, 2024
WASDA Student Discipline Suspension and Expulsion
Part 2

Student Discipline & Expulsion from the Superintendent’s Perspective: Expulsion

So far in this series, based on Kirk Strang’s presentation at the November WASDA New Superintendents Academy, we’ve covered the topic of suspension.

In Part 2, our focus turns to expulsion — including grounds for expulsion, notice of pupil…

Aug 30, 2024
WASDA Student Discipline Suspension and Expulsion
Part 1

Student Discipline & Expulsion from the Superintendent’s Perspective: Suspension

When it comes to our work in general school law, there are many complex topics to tackle — including student discipline and expulsion.

As you may have guessed, this is the focus of our four-part series where we’ll be taking a deep dive…

Aug 28, 2024
Privacy Rights Teacher Use of Technology
Addressing Practitioner HR Issues, Part 5:

Employees & Technology

In February, at the WASDA New Superintendents Academy, Kirk presented a legal update that focused on addressing practitioner HR issues in Wisconsin schools. The presentation covered the following topics:

Aug 23, 2024
Employee Speech & Religious Accommodations in Schools
Addressing Practitioner HR Issues, Part 4:

Employee Speech, Plus Staff & Religious Accommodations in Schools

This past February, at the WASDA New Superintendents Academy, Kirk Strang presented a legal update on addressing practitioner HR issues in Wisconsin schools. The presentation tackled five major topics:

Aug 21, 2024
Ethics for Board Members WCTC Legal Issues Conference
WCTC Legal Issues Conference:

Ethics for Board Members, Part 2

Last fall, Kirk Strang presented at the Wisconsin Technical College System’s Legal Issues Conference, speaking on the topic of ethics for board members.

In Part 1 of…

Aug 20, 2024
Ethics for Board Members WCTC Legal Issues Conference
WCTC Legal Issues Conference:

Ethics for Board Members, Part 1

Back in October, at the Wisconsin Technical College System’s Legal Issues Conference, Kirk Strang presented on the topic of ethics for board members.

Since this is an important topic, we’re sharing the details of Kirk’s presentation in a…

Aug 18, 2024
School Employee Administrative Leave WASDA Conference
Addressing Practitioner HR Issues, Part 3:

Use of Administrative Leave, and Protected Activity

In February, at the WASDA New Superintendents Academy, Kirk presented a legal update on addressing practitioner HR issues in Wisconsin schools. During his presentation, he covered the following five topics:

Aug 17, 2024
Wisconsin Open Meetings Law Compliance Guide Kirk Strang
Legal Issues Conference:

Wisconsin Public Records & Open Meetings Law, Part 4

In October of 2023, , Kirk Strang spoke at the Wisconsin Technical College System’s Legal Issues Conference. The topics he focused on were public records law and open meetings law.

In this series, we’ve shared the details of Kirk’s…

Aug 16, 2024
Wisconsin Open Meetings Law Compliance Guide Kirk Strang
Legal Issues Conference:

Wisconsin Public Records & Open Meetings Law, Part 3

Last October, Kirk Strang spoke at the Wisconsin Technical College System’s Legal Issues Conference on the topics of public records law and open meetings law.

We’re sharing the details of Kirk’s presentation here to help keep Wisconsin…