March 2020 The MLO Minute: By, Heather Hulse, JD, MS, MA There is no denying our school districts and charter schools are faced with an unprecedented dilemma due to the state-mandated school closures. Nevertheless, the responses from school districts and charter schools regarding how education is provided to students with disabilities at this time varies…
March 2020 The MLO Minute: By Dennis McAndrews, Esq. The famous basketball coach, John Wooden, used to emphasize to his players that “Failing to prepare, is preparing to fail.” The same can be said about preparing an estate plan to protect your family. The typical documents in an estate plan include a will, durable power…
March 2020 The MLO Minute: By Allyson McAndrews, M.Ed. and Kimberly Caputo, Esq. People all around the globe are currently impacted by the Coronavirus Outbreak. As individuals and families try and find a new normal to their daily routine, it can certainly be difficult considering the precautions and procedures that are being placed upon our…
March 2020 The MLO Minute: By John Goldsborough, Esq. The current public health crisis surrounding COVID-19 has ground most public school functions to a halt. Hundreds of school districts across Pennsylvania and Delaware are assessing their capacity to continue to provide general and special academic services, as well as whether a variety of essential special…
March 2020 The MLO Minute: A Service Announcement As public health advisories and mandates continue to evolve, our firm is fully able to maintain our business operations unabated through remote access that we have extensively developed over the past several years. Virtually all of our staff is able to work remotely throughout this ongoing crisis,…
March 2020 The MLO Minute: By Nancy Potter, Esq. In the past decade, the number of sexual harassment and violence complaints in American K-12 public schools have increased fifteen fold, according to the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”). In an effort to address this, last week, the U.S. Dept. of Education…
March 2020 The MLO Minute: By Nancy Potter, Esq. At our firm, we handle a great many cases on behalf of children with special education needs, and every case we accept is one where we believe that the child and family are entitled to improved educational services. Therefore, in those cases where we proceed to…
February 2020 The MLO Minute: By Jennifer Grobe, Esq. The Goals section of the IEP charts where the team anticipates the student should be on their educational journey in one year’s time. Each IEP goal states a desired measurable achievement for the student to accomplish within the upcoming calendar year with the assistance of the…
February 2020 The MLO Minute Back in 1968 the Joseph P. Kennedy foundation started to lay the ground work for the first Special Olympics games held in Chicago in July 1968 at Solider Field. The idea was to show the abilities of young people with intellectual disabilities and not focus on the disability. Prior to the Special…
January 2020 The MLO Minute: By Dennis McAndrews, Esq. and Ally McAndrews, M.Ed. As an opportunity for our clients, colleagues, families and friends to learn more about our MLO team, our attorneys and staff will be participating in a new video series throughout the upcoming months which will include virtual interviews, conversations and legal discussions.…