EL PORTAL, Fla. Aug 29 2021– A part-time security monitor at Horace Mann Middle School in El Portal was arrested Thursday morning on charges of child abuse without great bodily harm and battery, school officials confirmed. The incident was captured on cellphone video around noon Wednesday. “Try me. Let me tell you something. This hallway, […]
Fort Lauderdale FL Aug 27 2021 The debate over school masks boiled over Wednesday morning when a mask opponent was arrested for shoving a masked high school student in Fort Lauderdale and twisting her arm. Dan Bauman, 50 — a Fort Lauderdale man with a history of confrontations over masks — was charged with aggravated […]
WASHINGTON DC Aug 24 2021 A 15-year-old KIPP DC College Preparatory school student is dead after being stabbed in the chest by a fellow student, a 16-year-old, according to D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee. It was just the third day of classes for high school students at KIPP, a public charter school. “We’ve lost one of […]
SANTA CLARA CA Aug 22 2021— Santa Clara University security officers who allegedly harassed a Black professor and her brother while he was waiting for her on campus in 2020 had a “misdirected and unnecessary” interaction with the professor’s family at their home that “violated university policy” — but there is “no evidence” it was […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Aug 20 2021 While the mask mandate in JCPS schools has been hotly debated, there’s another major safety issue one former teacher says is being ignored. It was August 2019 when three votes did away with armed school resources officers at all JCPS schools. Now that class is back in session, some are asking […]
Chicago IL Aug 19 2021 The University of Chicago will expand its security guard presence and offer new transit options for students, staff and faculty in the neighborhood. In an Aug. 16 announcement, U. of C. Provost Ka Yee Lee and Associate Vice President for Safety and Security Eric Heath wrote, “These new initiatives are intended […]
Jefferson County AR. Aug 19 2021 Two 17-year-old Watson Chapel High School students were arrested Tuesday and one was booked into the Jefferson County jail on suspicion of firearm and drug possession while on campus, according to authorities. According to statements and information from the Watson Chapel School District and Jefferson County sheriff’s office, district Superintendent […]
SAN JOSE CA Aug 17 2021— A few weeks after a milestone board vote ended the routine presence of police officers at campuses in the South Bay’s largest school district, the same board has unanimously voted to allow those same officers to moonlight as security for large after-school events. The decision was met with immediate […]
AMADOR COUNTY, Calif. Aug 16 2021 It was the first day of school for a Sutter Creek elementary in Northern California this week, but it ended with a parent verbally assaulting a principal and physically assaulting a teacher over face coverings. “We had a great first day of school other than this one incident,” said Torrie […]
RUTLEDGE, Tenn. Aug 16 2021— A 29-year-old Tennessee man who rode on a school bus and walked into a high school with students has been charged with trespassing, officials said. A deputy was called to Grainger County High School on Tuesday and spoke to Juan Purkey, who told him he had ridden a school bus […]