By Wayne J. Oppito, Esq. As the holiday season approaches, schools across the country celebrate with Christmas, Chanukah and other religious displays. Do these displays comply with the First Amendment’s principle of the separation […]
A Rite of Spring – Nonrenewal of Non-tenured Staff
By: Wayne Oppito, Esq. New Jersey statute, N.J.S.A. 18A:27-10 reads: On or before May 15 in each year, each nontenured teaching staff member continuously employed by a board of education since the preceding […]
Reminder! School Fire & Security Drill Requirements During School Opening
Current law requires districts to complete fire and security drills within a certain number of days of school opening. Districts are required to comply with both fire and safety regulations as stipulated by statute […]
Holiday Observances
HOLIDAY OBSERVANCES SECULAR It is well-settled in case law that the establishment of the school calendar is the managerial prerogative of a board of education. The courts have held that a […]
Hostile Work Environment – Under the NJ Law Against Discrimination
The law of harassment has been the subject of much litigation over the past two decades. The cases have defined harassment in the workplace as conduct which creates a “hostile” environment predicated on one’s […]
A Rite of Spring
A Rite of Spring – Nonrenewal of Nontenured Teaching Staff Members By Wayne J. Oppito, Esq. New Jersey statute, N.J.S.A. 18A:27-10 reads: On or before May 15 in each year, each nontenured teaching staff […]