Middle School Bus Flips Over, No Major Injuries
RIVERDALE, Md. A school bus carrying middle school students flipped over onto its side Wednesday in the Washington, D.C., area, but no one was injured seriously in the spill.
There were conflicting reports about how lots of were hurt in the roll-over accident and the number of kids along for the ride.
Study: Hazing Hits Half of College Students in Organizations
PORTLAND, Maine Virtually every college bans hazing, but more than half of college students belonging to campus organizations say they have experienced it in places from the glee club to the fraternity house, according to a new study.
Academic clubs and social and cultural organizations all haze new members, students told professors Elizabeth Allan and Mary […]
Parents Claim School Racism Saying Classes Are Segregated
MONTGOMERY, Ala. A south Alabama town that was the inspiration for the setting in Harper Lee’s book “To Kill a Mockingbird” is finding itself as the backdrop for a real-life legal case involving allegations of racism at school.
The parents of several black junior high school students have filed a discrimination lawsuit claiming their children are […]
Students Banned From Graduation After Tainted Cake Prank
NEW YORK Three Brooklyn high school seniors will be banned from their graduation ceremony because of a prank involving a cake that apparently was laced with laxatives.
Department of Education spokeswoman Margie Feinberg said Wednesday that the cake sickened two crossing guards, a social worker and three teachers — two of them sought treatment at an […]
School: Teen Lied in About Migration Placard Assault
DALLAS School officials said Wednesday that an Athens eighth-grader lied when she claimed a mob of angry students assaulted her for making a poster that read, “If you love our nation, stop illegal immigration.”
Surveillance cameras at Athens Middle School show Melanie Bowers, 13, purposefully making scratch marks on her face and arms in a hallway […]
S.C. School Bus Crash Directs Scores of Nippers to Infirmary
RIDGEVILLE, S.C. A bus carrying 32 kindergarten students has collided with an sport utility vehicle that crossed the center line, authorities said. All of the students have been taken to an hospital with bumps and bruises.
Dorchester County Sheriff’s Sergeant Mike Miller told The Post and Courier of Charleston that the driver of the county-owned SUV […]
School Bus Device driver Nabbed After Pupils Get Sex Messages
OCALA, Fla. A Florida bus driver on Friday was arrested for allegedly sending high school students text messages with explicit sexual content, MyFOXOrlando.com reports.
The 45-year-old driver, Joyce Sheldon, was arrested and charged with two felony counts of transmitting harmful materials to minors.
