School principals will invade Austin next week for the annual conferences of TASSP and TEPSA. The Dawg looks forward to seeing many of you!  I will be speaking at both of these conferences, and also at the annual legal conference co-sponsored by the Texas Association of Secondary School Principals and the Texas School Administrators’ Legal Digest.   We have a great program this year for the TASSP/TSALD Conference.   I will kick things off with TOP SCHOOL LAW CASES FOR THE CAMPUS PRINCIPAL. After that we will have:

*DEALING WITH OUTSIDE LEGAL ENTITIES: CPS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, SUBPOENAS AND MORE (Sandra Carpenter from Round Rock ISD is the presenter);

*STUDENT DISCIPLINE UPDATE (David Hodgins, aka “the funny guy from Houston");

*SUSPICIONS OF STUDENT-STAFF RELATIONSHIPS (Dr. David Thompson from UTSA);

*EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES—CODES OF CONDUCT, DRUG TESTING, ETC. (Marney Sims from Cy-Fair ISD); and

*TRANSGENDER STUDENTS (Craig Wood from Walsh Gallegos).

We will have two Q and A sessions, which will no doubt be a lot of fun.  There is still time to sign up for this great conference. Go to http://legaldigestevents.com/education-law-for-principals/http://legaldigestevents.com/education-law-for-principals/  Or you can register on site. The event is Tuesday, June 14 at the Austin Convention Center, beginning at 8:20. NOTE THE EARLY START TIME! We start the conference with the annual presentation of the Frank Kemerer Award to an outstanding social studies teacher.  Don’t miss it.

DAWG BONE: TSALD/TASSP CONFERENCE: ALL THE COOL KIDS WILL BE THERE