Getting their kid into his/her first school is no less than a war for parents. The rigorous nursery school admission process, documentation, personal interaction rounds, etc., makes the whole process daunting and time-consuming. But, as one cannot ignore, or escape
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Bucks County plane crash: 2 dead after small plane crashes near Pennridge Central Middle School in Hilltown Township, Pennsylvania – WPVI-TV
HILLTOWN TWP., Pennsylvania (WPVI) — Two people were killed after a small plane crashed in a residential area of Hilltown Township, Bucks County on Thursday evening. The Beechcraft BE35 went down around 5 p.m. near Pennridge Central Middle School off
Virginia school board member storms out of meeting over maskless saga
A Virginia school board chairwoman was filmed storming out of a meeting last week after a parent confronted her with photos showing her posing maskless in a “crowd of people” — after she berated parents for protesting local mask mandates.
BLM Co-Founder to Give Speech to L.A. Students Pushing to Defund School Police
Patrisse Cullors attends the Viacom Winter TCA 2019 panel in Pasadena, Calif., February 11, 2019. (Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Viacom) Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors is scheduled to speak at an event this Saturday organized by Los Angeles Unified
South Carolina elementary school student takes grandfather’s gun to school “to shoot zombies”
A staff member of the elementary school in Laurens found a “small frame gun” on the seat of a student’s desk, Laurens police spokesman Lt. Scott Franklin said, and then “immediately notified school administration and the school resource officer who
San Francisco Mayor Says School Board ‘Neglected Primary Responsibility’ to Children
San Francisco Mayor London Breed speaks during the California Democratic Convention in San Francisco, Calif., June 1, 2019. (Stephen Lam/Reuters) Responding to the recall of three progressive members from her city’s school board, San Francisco mayor London Breed said the
Illinois appellate court rejects Democratic governor’s effort to maintain school mask mandate
The court, however, said the ruling does not apply to local mandates, and the Chicago Public Schools district — which was engaged in a bitter dispute with its teachers’ union earlier this year over Covid-19 safety protocols — swiftly said
Florida Girl Arrested Over Threats She Didn’t Make Sues Her School
The family of a Florida girl who was held in a juvenile-detention center for 11 days after a classmate impersonated her on social media to make threats against their school has filed a lawsuit against the school and Instagram for
Sandy Hook families reach $73 million settlement with riflemaker Remington over 2012 school massacre
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, heart and cross memorial near Sandy Hook Firehouse on Riverside Road in Sandy Hook, CT. Enid Alvarez | NY Daily News | Getty Images The families of some of the adults and children killed in
National School Boards Association Head Knew about Garland Memo Prior to Publication
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at the Department of Justice, in advance of the one year anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C., January 5, 2022. (Carolyn Kaster/Pool via Reuters) Chip Slaven, formerly the interim
Virginia governor expected to sign bill ending school mask mandates
The legislation allows parents to opt their children out of wearing a mask in school without having to provide a reason, and would make the Republican governor the latest state leader to lift Covid-19 mitigation measures as case numbers decline
Anil Kapoor shares a throwback picture from his school days
Anil Kapoor shared a throwback picture from his school days on social media. Sharing the pictures, he asked the fans to spot him from the group of school students. The picture is from the time when Anil Kapoor was in
A Black School Principal Changed My Life. Here’s Why We Need Black People In Positions Of Power.
I arrived in my striped OshKosh overalls for my first day of my new Cambridge, Massachusetts, school holding my mother’s hand. Earlier that morning, she had brushed Alberta V05 into my shoulder-length hair until it shone and then fashioned it
Where did Joe Burrow play high school and college football?
Before Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow was taking his team to the Super Bowl, he boasted an impressive record from college and high school. Twenty years ago, a Super Bowl underdog defeated the Los Angeles Rams’ “Greatest Show on Turf”,
17-year-old arrested for stabbing at Buffalo high school
Police in Buffalo arrested the teenager who allegedly stabbed a student outside of his high school Wednesday afternoon. The 17-year-old male suspect was being held in connection with the stabbing of a 14-year-old McKinley High School student, police said on