Black Youth Denied Chance To Walk Across Stage Because Of Autism
Sinclaire Coffer, a 17-year-old high school student with autism, is fighting to be allowed to graduate from North Springs Charter High School in Sandy Springs, Ga.,after the state Board of Education ruled against it, WSB-TV reports. While Coffer has passed every other portion of the states graduation exam, he has failed the math portion [...]
‘Cut the gay couple or I’ll cut the page’: High School Censors Yearbook Photo of Lesbian Couple Holding Hands
March 13, 2012 2 Comments
A picture of a lesbian couple holding hands was censored from a Colorado high school yearbook, according to students protesting the decision. Rudolpho Tribulio and Anna Carmicheal, of Palmer High School in Colorado Springs, said their yearbook adviser ordered them to remove the photo from a page they were creating about high school relationships. ‘She [...]
Continue reading …Caught on Tape: Massive brawl at Texas high school that is notorious for fighting, parents demand it be stopped [VIDEO]
February 1, 2012 No Comment
Police were called to a troubled Texas high school after another major brawl erupted in the cafeteria – and parents say they have had enough. Cell phone video provided an inside look at Friday’s melee, showing students at Andy Dekaney High School, throwing wild [...]
Continue reading …Facebook video of teens beating 14-year-old classmate gets 25 ‘Likes’ [VIDEO]
February 1, 2012 No Comment
Two teenagers who attacked one of their schoolmates are likely to face justice after they filmed themselves beating the other boy and posted the footage on Facebook. The horrific video received a warm welcome from the teens’ friends, however – more than 25 of them clicked the ‘Like’ button on the post. But the [...]
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A teacher is accused of dumping hot tea on two high school students who refused to stop fighting. At Hastings High School in Michigan, Skyler Henion and Dillon Anderson got into a fight after sending each other text messages. “I just felt the tea running down my neck to my back and it was burning,” [...]
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A school ban on Uggs boots is causing parents and students to kick up a storm. Admistrators at Pottsdam Middle School in Pottsdam, Pa. issued the fuzzy boot rule after they caught one too many students hiding cell phones in them, according to the Mercury. The school’s strict policy on cell phones prohibits use during [...]
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Graceann Rumer just started driving two weeks ago. She used the few driving skills she had to save a school bus full of students by grabbing the steering wheel as the driver collapsed from a heart attack Tuesday afternoon. The bus driver died soon after. “I just realized that there’s no one driving this bus… [...]
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A teenager has become a hero for thinking quickly on his feet and preventing a bus driver who fell asleep at the wheel from crashing. 17 year-old Emmanuel Williams along with 24 other students were headed home from school when he noticed the bus was swerving and missed an exit. The 65-year-old driver [...]
Continue reading …Former Philadelphia Schools Superintendent Files For Unemployment..After Getting $905K Buyout
November 30, 2011 6 Comments
Arlene Ackerman was already taking heat after receiving nearly $1 million in her buyout from a school system that is in serious financial trouble. To make matters even more interesting, Ackerman recently filed for unemployment benefits. School District spokesman Fernando Gallard confirmed today that Ms. Ackerman did indeed apply for state unemployment benefits. [...]
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