The family of a Catholic University student who was gunned down in Petworth is suing the District for $20 million in a wrongful-death suit. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal court in D.C., alleges that the accused shooter was a juvenile criminal offender who was in the custody of the city’s Department of Youth Rehabilitation [...]
In November, 2008 the Department of Education for the State of Iowa enacted a regulation banning prone restraint at its schools despite being noticed that the regulation was illegal as it violated the 5th and 14th amendment of the Constitution, Supreme Court Rulings, Federal legislation as well as state self-defense laws. Further, Iowa DOE was [...]
Rioting joined reading and writing in the curriculum at Dickinson High School in Jersey City yesterday as seven students were charged, including at least one from Ferris High School, and one student was injured. One student, a 17-year-old Randolph Avenue boy, pushed two teachers during one of three fights that broke out, and he was [...]
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A no-holds-barred school brawl captured on cell phone video has led to the arrest and suspension of two teenage Chicago sisters for viciously beating a classmate, reports CBS station WBBM. The alleged assailants, Sara Mejorado, 17, and Aurelia Mejorado, 18, were charged with misdemeanor battery for the attack last week during a biology class at [...]
Police arrested 17 students at Gage Park High School on the city’s Southwest Side, after a fight broke out. Officers stopped one fight at the school, at 5630 S. Rockwell St., only to see another one break out in the hallway. About 12:40 p.m., police responded to a call of a fight on the third [...]
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PA. Video from PA licensed children’s home shows what happens when youth fight and adults do nothing
Teen Fight In Safe House Caught On Tape: MyFoxPHILLY.com The video, aired by a Philadelphia news station two weeks ago, shows teenage residents at The Children’s Home in Mount Holly, PA engaged in a vicious brawl at a housing unit as counselors watch without intervening. One of the counselors appears to be standing lookout at [...]
Each year brings new challenges in providing safe learning environments for students and teachers in Idaho schools. The Filer School Board faced one of these situations Wednesday by approving a seclusion and restraint policy for students exhibiting behavior that may cause physical harm to students, staff or property. Federal law requires that public school-aged children, [...]
Is it wrong for a teacher to restrain an out of control 150 pound child face down? Question: The 150 pound student in the title was just an example. Is it wrong for a teacher to restrain a child face down when the child is out of control and the teacher has no other way [...]
This JUST IN: Colorado’s proposed Bill No. 11-049 was defeated. Colorado proposed Bill No. 11-049 is substantively invalid and violates the laws of Colorado and the United States. False impetus for the introduction of legislation We understand that the advocates and now the Colorado senate are using the recent death at one of Colorado’s Developmental [...]
The type of restraint used at this facility has not yet been released. However the last time Daystar got into a jam it was using the basket hold in the prone position. Even the Feds had the wherewithall to recognize that the basket hold in the prone position is a bad idea. The GAO in its 1999 [...]
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