A student at North Carolina State University passed away on Monday after an unintentional overdose, the university announced on Tuesday. The teenager lived off campus, spokesman Mick Kulikowski confirmed. Since the start of the 2022–23 academic year, 11 recorded student deaths have occurred at N.C. State. WRAL initially reported the death on Tuesday afternoon. Among … Read more
Local news sources state that a middle school principal in Kentucky was detained on Monday, his first official workday. The 44-year-old Leroy Littles Sr. began his job as the principal of Olmsted Academy North in Louisville on Monday. According to WDRB-TV, a sign reading “Welcome, Principal Littles” was put in front of the school. Littles … Read more
The second-degree murder conviction of a teenager in the shooting death of a star high school basketball player comes from northwest Louisiana. According to local news sources, a jury in Caddo Parish found 19-year-old Shamichael Antonio Pearson guilty of murdering Devin Dewayne Myers on Thursday. Less than an hour of deliberation by the jury. Myers … Read more
AP — PAPILLION, Nebraska The family of an eighth-grader who passed away after consuming a granola bar provided by a teacher has received a $1 million settlement from Papillion La Vista Community Schools. At its meeting on Monday night, the Papillion La Vista school board will decide whether to approve the wrongful death agreement with … Read more
According to authorities, two Montgomery High School students allegedly found with knives on Friday were detained the day after the school sent them home with their parents. The Santa Rosa Police Department says that the two juveniles, who are 15 and 17, are suspected of felony weapon possession on school property. However, neither find is … Read more
Virginia’s most extensive school system has removed a test question from a college-level social studies class because it compared liberals and conservatives to particular racial and gender groups. The inquiry was asked on an exam given to AP Government students at the online campus of Fairfax County Public Schools. On the multiple-choice test, students were … Read more
Outside an Orange County school, the family and supporters of a 10-year-old girl who was allegedly the target of racist remarks by another student have demonstrated. Others at the demonstration were not pleased with how the girl’s mother handled the event, even if they claimed school officials were not taking the incident seriously enough. Jasmine … Read more
CINCINNATI — Following a WKRC investigation, parents and students in Ohio are banding together to address the rising problem of school lunch debt. The pupils frequently receive lesser, “alternative” lunches when families incur school lunch debt — when parents fall behind in paying for their children’s meals. However, part of that has subsequently been paid … Read more
W.Va. BRAXTON’s COUNTY – According to documents from the Braxton County Magistrate Court, a teacher employed by the Braxton County Schools is accused of s*xually abusing a student. The criminal complaint claims that Lee Edgar Given, 42, of Flatwoods, West Virginia, had “s*xual contact” with the victim in his high school class. An official at … Read more
CINCINNATI — Students at Western Hills High School are once again free to dive in headfirst and broaden their life skills outside of the classroom for the first time in almost 30 years. “Swimming is a life skill that everybody should have, and I could not swim, and now I’m 18 years old, so I … Read more