The Jamestown School Board has officially adopted a $104.5 million budget for the 2024-25 school year that will now go onto voters for final approval. The spending plan includes no increase in the tax levy. District Assistant Superintendent for Finance & Operations Brittnay Spry said since March, the replacement of two lifts at the bus […]
North Carolina High School Student Suspended Over Use Of "Illegal Alien" A 16-year-old High School student in North Carolina was suspended for three days after using the term "illegal alien" - a legal term of art, during a vocabulary assignment in his English class. Leah McGhee, the boy's mother, says her son was assigned vocabulary words during class last Tuesday, which included the word 'alien,' the Carolina Journal reports. When her son asked; "Like space aliens or illegal...
The district says the school has been cleared and will run as normal with
Christian McGhee, 16, suspended was from Central Davidson High School. He questioned the term 'alien' in an assignment during classroom discussion. His comment reportedly offended another student, who threatened him
A multi-agency operation involving federal, state and local law enforcement agencies raided illegal fish arcades across North Carolina, targeting locations in Charlotte, Raleigh, Gastonia and Matthews. The warrants totaled 800 charges.
A minor has been charged after a video surfaced of a teacher being
A teen student was arrested earlier this week after a classmate filmed the profanity-laden physical attack at Parkland High School.
Students at Parkland High filmed as the teacher was brutally assaulted. Giggles were heard as the student towered over his victim and taunted her. The student has been arrested on a misdemeanor charge following the ordeal. WARNING: Video contains graphic content
Holyoke Public Schools is one of five school districts in the state set to receive the next round of funding from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) to help fund electric school buses.
The North Andover School Committee is scheduled Thursday to discuss placing the school superintendent on paid leave, but an official would not confirm the circumstances giving rise to the item. A new business agenda item referenced two items, “Placing the superintendent on paid administrative leave pursuant to Section D of his employment contract” and “Process […] The post North Andover School Committee to Discuss Placing School Superintendent on Paid Leave first appeared on WHAV.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – In a letter to families Tuesday night, Albuquerque Public Schools announced changes in the bell schedule for the 2024-2025 school year. Most high schools are seeing little to no change starting at 8:40 am and going until 3:25 pm or 3:40 pm. Most middle schools will start about an hour earlier 8:05 []
In most cases, when school boards are confronted about issues, it is the parents confronting them. After all, not only are they the taxpayers, but they also have a vested interest in their children's education. In a recent case, however, one student didn't wait around for her parents to take on her local school board. In what is a pretty gutsy move for someone her age, she decided to take the school board on herself. When it's parents taking on the school board, in many cases, they turn a deaf...