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 [...]

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TTAPR on September 2nd, 2010

Police are investigating the beating of a Jacobs High School junior who was attacked by a fellow student Monday in the West Dundee area. The victim told police she was attacked about 4:30 p.m. at the corner of Burr Oak Lane and Hollowside Drive after the other student sent her text messages threatening to kill [...]

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In an article by the Des Moines Register about 3 schools being cited for using restraint on kids is interesting not so much for the article which contains the typical talking points, but for the comments. Here’s the story in a nutshell: Complaints about the overuse of “seclusion and restraint” prompted members of the Iowa [...]

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TTAPR on August 19th, 2010

A 17-year-old boy on his way to school was shot in the leg as he walked to Gage Park High School this morning, authorities said. At least one person was being questioned, police said. Police and school officials said initial information that the shooting may have happened during a large fight was incorrect, and was [...]

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By Aaron Ogg | The Grand Rapids Press PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP — Three Comstock Park High School students involved in a hallway fight viewed thousands of times on YouTube were expelled Tuesday. Administrators played the student-filmed video as they detailed for the school board the April altercation, which allegedly stemmed from a drug deal gone bad. [...]

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Student shot in face during fight at ESL High, melee erupted following incident The St. Louis American According to KMOV-TV, Police are investigating a shooting at a parking lot at East St. Louis High School yesterday afternoon around 3 p.m. A city official says a student who was kicked out of East St. Louis High [...]

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Contra Costa Times ANTIOCH — One girl was stabbed and another suffered cuts in a fight with two other girls on the Antioch High School campus, police said. The two victims were students at the school, while the assailants were not, police Lt. Scott Willerford said. The victims, 14 and 15 years old, were walking [...]

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HOUSTON – Violence erupted at North Shore High School in Galena Park when one ninth-grader stabbed another during an after-school fight, according to school officials. It happened at the ninth grade campus located in the 13500 block of Holly Park. Officials said two 15-year-old male students were waiting for the bus when they got into some sort of [...]

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Teen suffers broken arm from fight at River Road By William F. West.  Story and Comments Friday, May 28, 2010 Two teenage boys were suspended from River Road Middle School for engaging in a fist fight in which one of the two suffered a broken left arm, Pasquotank County Sheriff Randy Cartwright said. The fight [...]

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Here a 250 pound 12 year old boy was placed on the ground by police, even though it was a student and bus driver that were threatened. Where’s the restraint free movement’s public outcry? Under restraint free advocate rule, neither the student nor the bus driver would have the right, training or ability to place [...]

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