A 30-year-old fifth grade teacher has resigned and faces charges of sexual assault against two 11-year-old students, according to the Billings Gazette. Brent David Skelton resigned from his post at Orchard Elementary School on Thursday shortly before he was arrested. Billings, Montana, School District 2 Superintendent Greg Upham said he learned about the allegations against …
South Carolina State University was placed on lockdown for roughly five hours on Friday following reports that two women, including a student, were shot on campus. The shooting reportedly occurred just after midnight on Orangeburg college’s campus. University President James Clark said the gunfire stemmed from a fight that occurred off campus between a group …
Authorities in Georgia are searching for a man accused of following a student onto a school bus that he tried to drive off, with the student in the vehicle. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the Clarke County Sheriff’s Office issued warrants for Fred Woods’ arrest on charges of criminal trespass, reckless conduct, and disturbing the …
A Lakeland, Florida, middle school student was suspended from school and charged with a misdemeanor this week when a video showed him punching and kneeing a 12-year-old seventh-grade boy in a locker room while other students held the boy and filmed the incident, WFLA reported. Lauren Springfield, the victim’s mother, posted to Facebook that she …
A New York teen who claimed he was being bullied for his sexual orientation by a classmate that he stabbed to death was sentenced on Tuesday to 14 years in prison for the 2017 slaying. Bronx Supreme Court Justice Michael Gross denied youthful offender status for Abel Cedeno, 20, who was convicted of first-degree manslaughter …
An Alabama school is reportedly trying a unique approach to combat covert vaping on campus: removing the doors on some of the bathroom stalls. The measure is being tested at Wilson High School in Lauderdale County after repeated instances of students, teachers, and staff smelling and seeing evidence of vaping on school grounds. Principal Gary …
A recently-released video reportedly caught a group of high school students in California giving a Nazi salute and singing a Nazi song during an awards ceremony last year. A video obtained by the Daily Beast apparently shows 10 members of Pacifica High School’s water polo team make antisemitic gesture while singing a Nazi marching song—written …
A 15-year-old California girl said she really didn’t want to shoot up her school, but posted terror threats online to gain traction on her social media account, police say. ABC 30 reports that Fresno police arrested the high school teen after receiving tips that she made a disturbing threat on Snapchat about shooting up Edison …
A group of middle schoolers in Ohio are now on probation after a November 2018 incident where they smeared bananas on a female teacher’s door and threw the fruit at her, triggering a life-threatening allergic reaction which required hospitalization. WSYX reported that the three students—a 13-year-old girl and two 12-year-old boys—carried out the assault on …
A Pennsylvania school district has reportedly walked back on claims that parents would lose custody of their children if they didn’t pay off their school lunch debts. The Citizens’ Voice reported that the Wyoming Valley West School District made the controversial comments in an attempt to recoup $22,467 in delinquent school lunch bills owed by …
An Illinois church school teacher is facing felony charges after police say she sexually assaulted one boy at the school for years and send nude photos to another student. CBS Chicago reports that 49-year-old Shannon Griffin is facing several felony charges, including solicitation of child pornography, criminal sexual assault, grooming, and distribution of harmful materials, …
Prosecutors in California have accused a music teacher of filming himself ejaculating into flutes and photographing five elementary school girls using the contaminated instruments. Citing a grand jury transcript, the Orange County Register reported that the alleged lewd acts committed by Flutes Across the World founder John Edward Zeretzke, 60, occurred in 2017 and involved …
