Oct 26, 2007
Tueth Keeney School law attorneys are often in demand for their expertise in school law and employment matters. Firm Shareholders Celynda Brasher and Shane Jones were featured presenters at the Missouri School Boards”™ Association (“MSBA”)’s annual conference held at the Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, October 26-28, 2007. Celynda’s presentation, entitled “Negotiating Superintendents Contracts”, focuses on a School District’s contractual arrangement with its chief executive officer and most important employee. Shane’s presentation, entitled “Employee Contracts”, addresses employment contracts with principals
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Oct 10, 2007
Tueth Keeney attorneys, Merry Rhoades and D. Shane Jones were featured presenters at the 11th Annual Southern Illinois University School Administrators’ Legal Roundtable. The Legal Roundtable took place on October 10, 2007 on the campus of Southern Illinois University – Carbondale. Merry and Shane spoke on the New Special Education Regulations: Class Size, Work Load and the Impact on School Management. They specifically discussed special education class size requirements and the collective bargaining implications of the new class size regulations.
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Sep 27, 2007
Merry Rhoades and D. Shane Jones presented an in-service at the Regional Office of Education for Calhoun, Greene, Jersey and Macoupin Counties. The legal in-service took place on September 27, 2007 at the Jerseyville office of ROE #40. Merry and Shane spoke on the New Special Education Regulations: Class Size, Work Load and the Impact on School Management. Minimizing legal risks to its clients is an important focus of Tueth Keeney. To minimize a client’s legal risks, Tueth Keeney attorneys
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Jul 18, 2007
Tueth Keeney Attorneys are often in demand for their insight into particular areas of school law. An outstanding example is Tueth Keeney shareholder Celynda Brasher. Celynda is a featured presenter at the 2007 School Nurse Survival Skills program, at Washington University on both July 18 and July 19, 2007. Her topics, “Pandemic Preparation” on the 18th and “Legal Issues for School Nurses” on the 19th, take full advantage
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May 5, 2007
Tueth Keeney partner, Merry Rhoades was a speaker at the Illinois Association of School Boards’ Comprehensive Workshop for Board Presidents that took place on May 5, 2007 in Carbondale, Illinois. Merry spoke to a number of school board president’s regarding the Illinois Open Meetings Act. The Illinois Association of School Boards (IASB) is a voluntary organization of local boards of education dedicated to strengthening the public schools through local citizen control. The mission of the Illinois Association of School Boards
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May 5, 2007
Attorneys from Tueth Keeney often contribute their time and talents on a voluntary basis to statewide educational organizations. Tueth Keeney attorney Merry Rhoades presented on the topic of the Illinois Open Meetings Act at a retreat held for Board Presidents on May 5, 2007 at the Touch of Nature near Carbondale, Illinois. Merry discussed the details of the Illinois Open Meetings Act with a focus on keeping the Board of Education in compliance with the procedures for conducting an open
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Mar 30, 2007
Tueth Keeney shareholder Merry Rhoades was a featured presenter at the 2007 St. Clair County Teachers’ Institute. The presentation took place on March 30, 2007 at Belleville East High School. Merry spoke about Confidentiality: Avoiding Legal Liability as a Teacher. The session focused on recent court challenges regarding disclosure of confidential information. The Teachers’ Institute is sponsored by the St. Clair County Regional Office of Education. Tueth Keeney is proud of its commitment to the advising and educating of school
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Mar 5, 2007
Attorneys from Tueth Keeney are often in demand for their expertise with respect to employment law matters. Recently, that expertise was in demand by the Missouri Senate. Tueth Keeney attorneys including Ian Cooper, Melanie Keeney, and Katherine Nash, recently authored proposed amendments to the Missouri Human Rights Act (“MHRA”). The amendments would improve the MHRA’s fairness to employers, by eliminating individual supervisor liability and punitive damages. The proposed changes also include adding the Business Judgment rule and “same decision” defenses,
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Mar 2, 2007
Tueth Keeney shareholders Merry Rhoades and D. Shane Jones were presenters at the Illinois Association of School Board’s Semi-Annual Conference that took place on March 2, 2007. The conference that was for the Egyptian Division of the Illinois Association of School Boards was held at the Wayne City Community Unit School District. Merry and Shane’s presentation titled Beware of Legal Issues of Email Communications addressed the revisions and ramifications of the Illinois Open Meetings Act. The Illinois Association of School
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Mar 1, 2007
Attorneys from Tueth Keeney often contribute their time and talents on a voluntary basis to statewide educational organizations. Tueth Keeney attorney Merry Rhoades presented at a break-out session at the March 1, 2007 meeting of the Egyptian Division of the IASB. At the request of IASB Field Services Director Dave Love, Merry discussed the changes to the Illinois Open Meetings Act. In her presentation, Merry focused on the definition of a “meeting” and changes regarding electronic communication between Board members.
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Celynda L. Brasher
Merry Rhoades
Ian P. Cooper
Kate L. Nash
Melanie Gurley Keeney