George Saucier, who lives near Sojourner Truth Academy in the Uptown area, wasn’t at all surprised by the chaotic scene that unfolded outside the school Tuesday. The school and its administrators, he said, have a serious lack of control over its students. Witnesses said the fight involved students and parents, and spilled out into the [...]

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The mother of a fifth-grader at Oak Hammock K-8 School has submitted an amended lawsuit against the St. Lucie County School District. In the lawsuit the mother alleges that her 11-year-old son’s reading teacher pushed a desk into the boy and taunted him. The complaint admits that the student has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and [...]

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An honor student says she was attacked in her Bronx high school after sending Chancellor Joel Klein 25 e-mails over three months begging to be transferred away from bullies who were threatening her. Kimselle Castanos, 14, handed Klein a letter on Dec. 15 at a Brooklyn meeting pleading for a transfer after months of being [...]

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U.S. Rep. Al Green released a statement Saturday condemning a violent confrontation between two students at Thurgood Marshall High School last week. Cell phone video of the April 27 incident shows students crowded in a stairwell watching sophomore girls beat each other, one swinging what’s said to be a sock with a metal lock in [...]

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The guards let it happen and top political appointees let it happen. The Fed’s policies and practices facilitate it and as a result thousands of kids are assaulted, one is dead, and still a vicious teen fight club rules Rikers and at Juvenile prisons across the country. As political appointees, their minions and the Feds [...]

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TTAPR on May 8th, 2012

Another fight at school YOUNGSTOWN Another Sunday afternoon fight sent police scrambling to the area around Taft School this weekend. Police received a call at 5:45 p.m. in reference to two juvenile females fighting near the school with a large crowd gathered around to watch. By the time police arrived, the fight was over and [...]

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A bipartisan contingent of legislators from both houses spoke in favor of a bill that equates attacking a social worker or a prison guard with assault on a police officer. “We need to do what we need to do to protect the workers,” said Assemblywoman Barbara M. Clark, D-Queens. The bill, S.641-b/A.4672-b, sponsored by Sen. [...]

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TTAPR on May 4th, 2012

Fights between both boys and girls from McDonogh 35 High School in New Orleans were posted online to YouTube, shocking parents with the graphic images. The Orleans Parish School Board said the students involved in the fights have been disciplined. However, some students say the fights aren’t unusual. Videos of the fights show students brawling [...]

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Elmira, NY—In Part One of “Girl On Girl Bullying” we showed you videos of girls fighting one another, uploaded to Facebook and Youtube by students in the Elmira City School District. The student’s faces are covered to protect their identities. A Broadway Middle School student we spoke with says she is in 3 out of [...]

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The Following is a verbatum copy of the letter from former OCFS employee Ed Ausborn. This letter is a response to a letter from B. Baccaglini to the times union about a new program called BLUE SKIES ( Placing NYC youth in their home for treatment instead of Upstate Facilities ). Juveniles Deserve Better I [...]

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