Around 75 parents and students staged a protest on Wednesday. Some children claimed their 'furry' peers were biting and scratching people. However, a spokesperson for the district slammed the claims as 'untrue'
Hundreds of students from Johnson and Simpson Elementary Schools, the Heritage Christian School and Bridgeport Middle School got a chance to get a crash course on the FFA program at Bridgeport High School on Friday.
Scientists asked 1,300 teenagers to report how much sleep they got each night. Popular teens slept the least, losing up to 27 minutes of sleep per night
More than 600 students and others got sick after drinking milk provided for school lunches in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Thursday, a tally by Kyodo News showed Friday. Morinaga Milk Industry Co said the milk was produced by a subsidiary and was supplied to 258 elementary and junior high
A former high school athletic trainer accused of sexually assaulting a dozen teenage girls was sentenced Monday to 36 years in prison after pleading no contest to felony charges, officials said. Richard Alexander Turner, 65, entered the plea during a preliminary hearing to determine whether there was enough evidence for the case to go to trial, court records show. He pleaded no contest to 13 counts of sexual assault involving 12 girls, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney's...
A former Berklee College of Music student from China was sentenced Wednesday to nine months in prison for stalking and threatening a person who posted a flyer in support of democracy in the Asian country, authorities said. The leaflet that was posted on the campus in Boston on Oct. 22 read, "Stand with Chinese People," along with other statements such as "We Want Freedom" and "We Want Democracy," the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston said. CHINESE BERKLEE MUSIC STUDENT CHARGED WITH STALKING...
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by WorldTribune Staff, April 21, 2024 A female student at a Pennsylvania middle school charged teachers and administrators with not stopping, despite her warnings, a boy who identifies as a girl from brutally assaulting a female student. The assault took place at the Pennbrook Middle School cafeteria on Wednesday, when the 13-year-old trans student used […]
Today is the day Sheffield parents and their little ones find out which 'big school' they are going to this September. National Offer Day 2024 (March 1) is when children find out which secondary school they will start at in the new academic year. Sign up for newsletters from The Star Every parent wants their little one to go to the best school they can. So when they pick their top three preferences for the new academic year, it can make finding out on March 1 a momentous day. However, not...
BIBB COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Less sodium and fewer sugars are two school meal standard changes students will see once the new menu is fully implemented by the 2027-2028 school year. The Executive Director of School Nutrition for the Bibb County School District, Condus Shuman, says the district’s efforts are underway to meet the new requirements. “We’ve already been working
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...
A brawl at a high school in Louisiana was captured on video, but parents are more upset that a school officer used pepper spray to break up the fight. The video appeared to show a large group of students watching and recording as two girls began throwing punches at each other at the Magnolia School of Excellence in Shreveport on Monday. A school resource officer reportedly used pepper spray to break up the crowd. The video was posted to TikTok, and the description read simply, "Moments...