News Muncher - category school administrators

3 weeks, 2 days ago

LAUSD principals say demands are too high, hours too long. They are joining the Teamsters

LA Times

Los Angeles Unified Supt. Los Angeles Unified school principals — saying their workload is too heavy and the pressure to raise student achievement, manage complex budgets and keep campuses safe is too intense — have voted to join the Teamsters union in a rebuke to the leadership of Supt. “What I hear from the field is people want out, people …

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5 months ago

City Section athletic directors, administrators learn of new rules for 2024-25 from CIF

LA Times

It was taking-notes time on Wednesday at Venice High, where City Section athletic directors and assistant principals in charge of athletics received information on new rules and responsibilities during a presentation about changes for the 2024-25 high school sports season from CIF officials. The City Section has been sending out emails since February advising schools of the new state law …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Cops, Social Group Meet School Administrators on Drug Menace

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: Hyderabad police commissioner Kothakota Sreenivasa Reddy said that drug-laced chocolates were being trafficked to rural schools as well, and advised school managements to play an active role in stymieing it. The saturation of drugs into serene educational establishments is not just limited to urban spaces, drug-laced chocolates are found at schools in rural areas too," Sreenivasa Rao said at …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Florida teacher who called a biracial student a 'mutt' has been abusing students for decades: report

Raw Story

A Florida teacher who has been harassing students with racist diatribes and personal attacks for decades is now being scrutinized as school administrators admit they have been unable to fire him while at the same time refusing to provide details about "specific incidents." According to a report from the Tampa Bay Times, school administrators have an extensive file of complaints …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Parents at school where boy, 6, shot teacher prepare to sue

Associated Press

NORFOLK, Va. — The families of two students at a Virginia elementary school where a 6-year-old shot and wounded his teacher have filed notices of potential legal action against the school system over trauma they say the shooting inflicted on their children. A letter from the other child’s family cites “injuries sustained during a school shooting on January 6, 2023.” …

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2 years, 8 months ago

The price kids pay: Schools and police punish students with costly tickets for minor misbehavior

Salon

The courthouse lobby echoed like a crowded school cafeteria. In an emailed statement, the Illinois State Board of Education's spokesperson said it is unfortunate that state law doesn't clearly prohibit using police to ticket students at school, adding that the board is committed to helping lawmakers "eliminate ineffective and harmful practices that have no place in our schools." Carpentersville police …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Whistleblower: FBI used COUNTER-TERROR tactics to investigate parents

Daily Mail

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy slammed Joe Biden's Justice Department for an 'egregious abuse of power' on Tuesday and demanded Attorney General Merrick Garland testify before Congress about the counterterrorism tactics the FBI is using to investigate parents. Garland testified on October 21 that the Justice Department and its components were not using counterterrorism tactics to target 'concerned parents at …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Florida school administrators risk their salaries to defy DeSantis on masks

CNN

Gainesville, Florida CNN — Tina Certain took a pay cut when she quit being an accountant to become a member of the Alachua County School Board. “The number of employees testing positive for Covid has jumped in the past two weeks, even before most of them are back from summer break.” The board’s act of defiance came as Alachua County …

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5 years, 1 month ago

Police: White teen girl aimed to attack black Georgia church