Matt and Katie Markling Recognized For Their Commitment To The Lakewood PTAs and Community Matthew John Markling and his wife, Katie, are very active in the Lakewood PTAs and educational community. At the 2015 Lakewood Council of PTAs Installation & Recognition Evening, Katie was awarded the “Overall Winner of the PTAs Volunteer Award” for having […]
In the case of Q.W. v. Bd. of Edn., 6th Cir. No. 15-5160, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5160, the parents of a student with autism appealed a school board’s decision that their son’s condition did not adversely affect his educational performance and, as a result, he was no longer eligible for special education services under […]
In the case of Betscher v. Governing Bd. Of Edn. Serv. Ctr., 2015-Ohio-4727, an educational service center employee who, by contract with the service center, worked two days each week for the county commissioner’s office, filed a lawsuit alleging that the service center failed to provide his paid vacation leave. An appeals court refused to […]
In the case of Beaver v. Licking Valley Local School Dist. Bd. of Edn., 2015-Ohio-4557, a court upheld a student’s suspension and expulsion. The student appealed the discipline alleging multiple procedural violations in the suspension/expulsion process including: (1) the notice of expulsion only referenced one public agency that works toward improving student attitudes and behavior, […]
Reverse discrimination is a real claim according to a federal court. In the case of Pingle v. Richmond Heights Local School Dist. Bd. of Edn., N.D.Ohio 1:12-cv-2892, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 146218, a Caucasian principal alleged that a school board committed reverse discrimination when it hired an African American to fill the superintendent position instead […]
In the case of Turner v. Grand Blanc Cmty. School Dist., E.D.Mich. No. 14-cv-14034, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 141589, a teacher challenged a school board’s sign-in policy and public comment time limits at its public board meetings as a violation of the First Amendment. A federal court upheld the sign-in policy as it was merely […]