A South Carolina mother is demanding answers after a teacher allegedly told her 8-year-old daughter to “commit suicide” after she complained of an earache. In a Facebook post, Shandi Wallace claimed a male teacher at Montessori School of Columbia had made the offensive comment after her daughter informed him that her ear was hurting and it …
An Iowa school district is under scrutiny after a former teacher convicted of recording a high school athlete as she changed was allowed to coach a spelling bee program involving students. According to Des Moines Register, Trent Yoder, now 47, pleaded guilty in 1998 to the exploitation of a minor for recording the student at an …
A teacher’s aide at a Pennsylvania middle school was arrested Tuesday for allegedly assaulting a 12-year-old boy with special needs. Per WPVI, Erin Horan, an aide at Indian Valley Middle School, is accused of attacking Tony Walston on April 12 after he walked outside the school and sat on some steps. Investigators said the aide followed Walston and …
A substitute gym teacher at a Florida middle school is facing criminal charges for allegedly grabbing a 12-year-old boy by his neck and pushing him into a wall. According to The Lakeland Ledger, Robert Knight, 39, was arrested after a Westwood Middle School student told a school resource officer about an altercation that happened a day earlier. The …
A former substitute teacher in Connecticut is accused of running a real-life Fight Club in his math class. Ryan Fish, 23, is accused of encouraging Montville High School students to hit each other during a series of one-on-one brawls. Fish denied these allegations in court Thursday, claiming that he didn’t egg on the fights and had no …
A Marjory Stoneman Douglas teacher who volunteered to carry a gun at the school where 17 people lost their lives was arrested Sunday for allegedly leaving his loaded gun in a public restroom. According to WPLG, Science teacher Sean Simpson, 43, told police that he accidentally left the 9mm in a bathroom stall at Deerfield Beach Pier while …
A South Carolina private school counselor lost her job on Saturday after she allegedly admitted to police that she carried on an inappropriate relationship with a male student. FOX Carolina reports that Kenleigh Prendergast, 25, allegedly admitted to police on March 30 that during school hours she would call, text. and Facetime a teen male student …
Family members of an alleged sexually assaulted boy spoke out on Thursday, calling a Goodyear teacher accused of taking advantage of her elementary school student a “monster.” AZ Family reports that the victim’s father and stepmother, who wanted to remain unknown, opened up after Las Brisas Academy Elementary School teacher Brittany Zamora, 27, was arrested for reportedly …
An Arkansas teacher is facing more than three years of probation after pleading guilty to sexual indecency with a child. According to KAIT, 26-year-old Jessie Lorene Goline received a 42-month probated sentence in addition to fines and court costs as part of the recent plea deal. She will also be required to register as a …
The snapping turtle who was allegedly fed a puppy by a high school science teacher was euthanized, Idaho State Department of Agriculture officials announced Friday. “The snapping turtle was euthanized humanely,” an ISDA representative said in a news release. According to KSTU, the snapping turtle was euthanized because it’s considered an invasive species in Idaho and …
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School officials in Florida have removed a middle school teacher from her classroom after it was alleged that she secretly hosted a white nationalist podcast and tweeted about exterminating Muslims. HuffPost first reported that Dayanna Volitich, 25, a social studies teacher at Crystal River Middle School, hosted a podcast called “Unapologetic” under the pseudonym “Tiana Dalichov.” The …
