NASHVILLE, Tenn. — After meticulously plotting the slaughter by creating a precise map and keeping watch on the building, a former pupil shot through the doors of a Christian elementary school on Monday, killing three children and three adults, according to police. The shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville was the most recent in … Read more
COLORADO SPRINGS — “She was, just, overall she was an angel.” Senior Giorgia Tricciola, a classmate at Doherty High School, is remembered by her classmates. “She was so bright and bubbly and smiley like she lit up every room she walked into, and never failed to smile or make others smile,” stated one of her … Read more
NC’s CONCORD — In a press conference on Saturday morning, Barber-Scotia College administrators discussed the institution’s future. Roberta Pinckney, the board chair, and Tracey Flemmings, the interim president, discussed recent problems at the school and charged that Cabarrus County and the City of Concord officials were exploiting them as an excuse to redevelop the site. … Read more
VA YORK COUNTY — According to representatives with the York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office, 53-year-old Stacy Ames, a teacher at Yorktown Elementary School, was detained on Friday night following complaints that she had physically hurt a kid. The school’s website states that Ames teaches kindergarten. Sheriff Ron Montgomery reported that a school resource officer was told to … Read more
Texas’s JARRELL — After many threats at Jarrell Middle School, the Jarrell Police Department is investigating. In a letter to parents on Friday, Jarrell ISD said it “quickly took action” after becoming aware of a verbal threat made by one of its kids. According to the district, the campus was temporarily suspended while school resource … Read more
For schools, community growth involves more than just the influx of new pupils. They get there first. Currently, more pupils are registered at a district’s smaller, older elementary school in Clover than it can accommodate. According to Clover School District Director Sheila Quinn, Bethany Elementary School is not the most likely location to experience that … Read more
Mar. 24 – Frederick County Public Schools will redistrict five middle schools in and near Frederick City. The Crestwood Middle School expansion near Ballenger Creek, which will add 300 seats, is the cause of the redistricting. The district attempts to balance enrollment between Crestwood and the surrounding middle schools of Ballenger Creek, Gov. Thomas Johnson, … Read more
DENVER — When a 17-year-old Denver student shot two administrators, escaped to the mountains, and killed himself, Colorado teachers flocked to the state Capitol on Friday to demand more safeguards for children and school personnel. A day after children and parents gathered at the Capitol to make comparable demands, around 1,500 teachers and their allies … Read more
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – March 24, 1998, began as a routine day in Arkansas, but that was before the news from outside Jonesboro arrived. It was a typically warm and sunny early spring Tuesday. Mike Huckabee, the governor, recently declared his intention to run for office. The information arrived from Westside, a district of schools … Read more
The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office has opened separate investigations into allegations that two Frederick County Public School system workers had inappropriate contact with two of the school’s children. Both incidents featured students from different schools; one included a student from Frederick County Middle School, and the other involved a student from Sherando High School. On … Read more