SCHOOL BOARDS

We provide legal services to school boards in all areas of education law, including governance, employment and labour law issues.

We help clients interpret and apply the Education Act and its regulations when addressing the diverse and challenging operational issues in this sector. We are regularly addressing issues such as:

• legal liabilities of school boards and their trustees, officers and employees
• policies and procedures
• collective agreement administration and bargaining
• grievances, mediations, arbitrations
• employment contracts
• human rights
• health and safety
• pay equity
• safe schools
• student discipline, expulsion and suspension
• privacy and freedom of information
• school closures
• special education
• student rights
• parental rights
• CAS responsibilities
• student records
• trespass
• risk management
• school councils

The lawyer responsible for our Education Law Practice is:

Mark J. Zega