Category Archives: School

Children Left On the School Bus

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4-Year-Old Left On Bus In Indianapolis, Indiana, state legislators introduced a bill that would require school bus drivers to do end-of-route inspections to make sure no child is still aboard. Those who failed to do so would face a $500 fine. The legislation was introduced after a 4-year-old boy was left on a bus in Richmond, and three South Bend students were left on school buses in separate incidents last year. (USA Today, 1-23-2009, p. 7A) Special needs Child Left … Continue reading →

School Bus Accidents and Fatalities

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School buses are generally among the safest vehicles on the road, but occasionally mishaps do happen. Here are some of the stories of how things go wrong: Bus Catches Fire In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a tour bus that was carrying middle school students from Kentucky caught fire while driving down Interstate 70.  (April 23, 2015) Fatal school Bus Crash In Rochester, New York, a bus driver was killed & several students injured when two school busses collided On Rochester’s northeast side.  … Continue reading →

Teacher’s Aide OD’s In Elementary School Bathroom

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In Denver, Colorado, police say a 27-year-old teachers aide was found unconscious in the bathroom of the elementary school where she worked, apparently the result of a drug mishap.  She was found with a syringe hanging from her arm and a bag containing an unknown white powder.  The woman was arrested on charges of possession of a controlled substance. When you’re shooting up in the school bathroom, just to make it through the day, either A) the kids at that … Continue reading →

Girl Handcuffed and Arrested At School For Doodling On Her Desk

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In another example of school officials gone mad while enforcing “zero-tolerance” policies toward students, a 12-year-old New York girl in Queens was hauled out of school in handcuffs for doodling on her desk with a lime-green erasable marker. Alexa Gonzales, a student at Junior High School 190 in Forest Hills, wrote across her desk: “I love my friends Abby and Faith. Lex was here 2/1/10” along with a smiley face. She busied herself with the doodling while waiting for her … Continue reading →

Truck Rear End Stops School Bus

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May 18, 2015 In Polson, Montana, a stopped school bus was rear ended by a pick-up truck as it was letting off students, sending 3 kids to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.  According to highway patrol trooper, Terry Rosenbaum, 10 or 11 students were on the bus when the accident occurred, which happened about 3 miles west of town.  One child was getting off the bus at the time, and was thrown several feet by the collusion.

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Today’s Class Assignment: Friendly Letters to Cop Killers

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In Orange, New Jersey, a third grade teacher came up with an interesting class assignment: she apparently had her students write “get will” cards to a convicted cop killer currently serving a life sentence for the 1981 murder of officer Daniel Faulkner.  She was fired over the incident. While I can understand the controversy this created, there is a part of me that wants to play devil’s advocate here and assume that most teachers mean well.  So on the other … Continue reading →

Teacher Flees With Student To Mexico

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11-2-07 A sixth-grade teacher from a Nebraska middle school was in hot-water after fleeing to Mexico with a 13-year-old student. Twenty-five-year-old Kelsey Peterson apparently ran off with the boy to live a romantic life with him in his native Mexico. The decision to run for the border was made hastily after police began investigating the pair on roomers that they were having sex. “They didn’t have a very well-defined plan…it was basically to continue driving into Mexico to hide,” reported … Continue reading →

Teachers On The Rampage

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In Paducah, Kentucky, a teacher and her husband apparently went on a rampage on the playground at McNabb Elementary School in an attempt to confront children who tackled their son during a football game.  While the teacher is said to have hit another parent, her husband went all out, allegedly chasing children in his truck and pointing a shotgun at adults.  Both pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from the incident. (USAToday, 5-7-2009, p. 9A)

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When Teachers Behave Badly

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Now You’ll Sit Still! In Rison, Arkansas, a  teacher was placed on suspension with pay for apparently binding some of her first grade students to their desks and chairs using tape.  Parents of several students in this teacher’s first grade class complained about the practice through the school board, and the Cleveland County Sheriffs Department was investigating.  (USAToday, 3-12-2009, p. 7A) Trashy Students In  Moundsville, West Virginia, the Marshall County Board of Education reduced a teachers suspension from two days … Continue reading →

Knife Incident at School Lands Model Student in Juvenile Hall

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A personal story submitted November 2011 My daughter is 12 years old and used to attend a middle school in XXXX ISD in Texas. In early October a boy that she goes to school with came to our house and told my child that he’d heard a rumor that she was going to get “jumped” (beat up) after school. He handed her a pocket knife and told her to keep it on her at all times. The knife had been … Continue reading →