Wyandanch, New York July 1 2019 The cash-strapped Wyandanch school district confirmed late Friday that scores of teachers, administrators, security guards, bus drivers and other workers are being laid off as the system prepares to deal with a tax freeze and nearly $9 million in potential budget cuts. Tearful school staffers and others told Newsday […]
PORT ARTHUR, Texas June 29 2019— The Port Arthur school board voted unanimously Thursday to bring back a police department for the district. Alton Baise will serve as the new chief of police for the Port Arthur Independent School District starting next year. It’s a decision the district is excited about. The decision will make […]
HARRISBURG PA June 28 2019 Pennsylvania lawmakers say they’ll authorize a second year of school and community security grants, a $60 million program spurred by last year’s Florida school shooting that killed 17 people. Republican lawmakers said Monday that a newly unveiled compromise budget package will keep the program intact for the coming school year. Officials […]
CLAYTON, N.C. June 27 2019 A high school teacher stole craft supplies from Walmart, according to Clayton Police Department. Investigators charged Joanna Frantz, 59, with misdemeanor larceny after getting a call from the store about a person hiding supplies in her raincoat. Investigators said Frantz cooperated with store staff and police when confronted. They said she […]
PROSPECT PARK NJ June 26 2019 — A time traditionally reserved for celebrating was instead spent demonstrating at the borough’s only public school. Students and staff checked off the last days of the school calendar with picket signs in their hands, as some paraded and shouted in protest over a move by the Board of Education […]
CHARLOTTE, NC June 25 2019 The Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) stopped fingerprinting new employees for about a year. CMS says it paused fingerprinting in July 2018 because it changed companies. They say that 3,533 employees were hired between July 2018 and June 2019. They weren’t fingerprinted and that thought concerns some in the community. “We got our […]
Gainesville FL June 25 2019 The University of Florida campus is about to get even safer with additional security equipment and resources. A plan to improve UF’s campus safety will cost the university about $30 million over the next five years, Vice President for Business Affairs Curtis Reynolds wrote in an email. The plan aims […]
Elizabethtown, PA June 23 2019 A 21-year-old man staying in international housing on Elizabethtown College’s campus was charged with raping and sexually assaulting a female Thursday, according to police. Alexis John Javier Dolotina, who is from the Philippines, allegedly assaulted the female around 1 p.m. at the Schreiber Quadrangle, on-campus housing, police said in charging […]
Eugene OR June 23 2019 The Eugene School Board unanimously approved a resolution Wednesday designating the district’s public safety office as a law enforcement agency, despite confusion and public outcry to postpone the vote. The resolution, which was amended during the meeting and approved by a 7-0 vote, would change the public safety office’s designation […]
NEW YORK NY June 22 2019 New York’s controversial public schools chancellor is calling it a seminal moment in history. The city has announced it’s scaling back police involvement with incidents that are considered “low level offenses” in schools. Talking through emotions instead of punishing students is now the focus in New York City school system. […]