A Brooklyn school’s botched handling of a 5-year-old autistic student’s tantrum ended disastrously — with his mom and grandma in handcuffs and his great-grandmother’s rib broken, the family and their lawyers charge. New York City Schools have a strict hands off policy for teachers. So rather than schools handling the behavior, law enforcement is called [...]
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A series of fights involving students from Santa Monica High School has resulted in suspensions and a stepped-up police presence near campus, officials say. The conflict began Jan. 5 after the school day ended, said Sgt. Richard Lewis, a spokesperson for the Santa Monica Police Department. An argument broke into a fight, and one participant [...]
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A 17-year-old student battered a Walton County sheriff’s deputy during a fight at Walton Academy on Friday afternoon, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Deputy Benjamin Dowdy, a school resource officer, tried to break up a fight that broke out among students about 1 p.m., according to an arrest report from the Sheriff’s Office. One student, [...]
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Australia. Court grants retrial on school’s duty to protect teachers and maintain a safe environment
The Supreme Court has granted a retrial to a woman who sued a Ballarat Primary School for injuries she incurred when restraining an aggressive student. Margaret Rees was an integration aide at the school at Delecombe when she intervened to stop one child from attacking another in 2003. She alleged she suffered anxiety, a major [...]
A lunchtime fight at Oakland High School Thursday left a 16-year-old girl with superficial knife wounds on her face, according to accounts from school district police officers at the scene and school district spokesman Troy Flint. Police said it appeared that the 16-year-old was injured after she and another student attacked a girl — who [...]
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Colorado Springs police announced the arrest of a second suspect in a Friday afternoon fight, gun seizure and lockdown at Wasson High School. Police said the additional suspect is a female student whose name is not being released because she’s a juvenile. She faces similar charges to those filed against William Cummins, 21. He’s accused [...]
Two 17-year-olds, who admitted to the crimes of spray-paintiing graffiti at Calabasas High, are sentenced to community service and probation, while a third teen awaits trial. Two 17-year-old boys accused of vandalizing the Calabasas High School campus with anti-Semitic graffiti in April admitted to the crimes in Juvenile Court on Wednesday and were sentenced, according [...]
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Two youths, ages 11 and 16 were charged with burglary and arson — both felonies after breaking into the school and setting fire in the basement and school kitchen. Reports have it that the 11-year-old was released from OCFS’ custody less than 24 hours later. According to firefighters, the fire in the kitchen caused moderate [...]
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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 [...]