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Practical thinking on due process, documentation, and what it takes to conduct defensible investigations in K-12 schools.
October 1, 2026
In 39 of 42 DESE complaint decisions reviewed, districts were found out of compliance. The state doesn't ask whether you got the outcome right — it asks whether you followed your own plan.
July 31, 2026
Most districts have tools to capture what happened and to record the final outcome. What's missing is the investigation in between — and that gap is where the legal risk lives.
July 31, 2025
When a parent shows up with an attorney, the conversation stops being about the incident. It becomes about the file — and whether the district can prove it followed its own process.