Duval County FL November 30 2018 A group of Duval County families has joined the League of Women Voters in challenging their school district’s implementation of Florida’s new school security guard program, created in the aftermath of the Parkland school shooting in February. In their complaint in county court, they argue the program places elementary […]
MULBERRY, Fla. November 30 2018 Several middle school students were hospitalized this afternoon after eating gummy bear candies laced with marijuana, Polk County deputies say. According to the sheriff’s office, five students from Mulberry Middle school were so sickened by the candies that they had to be taken to the hospital. Two others were picked up […]
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. November 30 2018— Police said a student armed with a knife assaulted three staffers who were trying to break up a fight at L.C. Bird High School in Chesterfield County Thursday morning. Principal Adrienne Blanton wrote in an email to parents that school leaders just learned about a Wednesday social media post […]
ATHOL, Idaho November 29 2018 — An Athol Elementary School said you can call them one of safest grade schools in North Idaho. This month, the Lakeland School District started putting their new armed guard to work. The district said they’re the first in Idaho to do something like this when it comes to school security. […]
Memphis TN November 28 2018 A 32-year-old man has been charged with battery to a school district officer in relation to the beating of a MATC security guard Nov. 16. According to a criminal complaint, a witness heard the security officer tell David Starks to leave the building and then came outside the classroom to […]
Cleveland OH November 27 2018 Police say that a security guard who worked at a Cleveland high school is accused of raping multiple students. Derrick Dugger, 29, is charged with rape, a first-degree felony. He is being held in the Cuyahoga County Jail on $300,000 bond after his first court appearance on Saturday. Authorities say […]
LaPlata MD November 27 2018 Students at LaPlata High School in Maryland will now be required to wear photo ID in a program meant to bolster school safety by monitoring who goes in and out. The badges, each with a barcode, will help school officials identify who is supposed to be in the building and […]
Broadalbin, NY November 26 2018 Broadalbin-Perth Central School District wants police officers – state, county, local, from anywhere – to come into their schools, so much so they are offering law enforcement free meals. The district earlier this month released a video inviting any law enforcement officer to visit one of its two school campuses […]
McKeesport PA November 24 2018 The McKeesport Area School District is in the very early stages of figuring out whether to start its own school police force. District spokesperson Kristen James said the board voted last month to take “the first initial step to investigate if that’s something we’d want to do.” Ms. James added […]
Anchorage AK November 23 2018 Anchorage police arrested a third student Wednesday over threats written on a school bathroom wall, this time at Service High. Staff at Service discovered a school shooting threat on the wall in the boy’s bathroom Nov. 15. Resource officers reviewed surveillance footage and interviewed students, identifying a male student as […]