school discipline
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New York State Department of Education to Investigate Alleged Strip-search of Four Black Middle School Girls
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has asked the State Department of Education to investigate the claims of four middle school black girls who claim they were strip-searched during school in Binghamton, New York. The school district has also announced its hiring of an independent firm to review the allegations. The four Eastern Middle School students,…
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New York Middle School Denies It Conducted Strip Search on Four 12-Year-Old Black Girls
A school board in upstate New York is denying allegations that four black middle schoolers were strip-searched last week in a school nurse’s office. The claims rippled through the Binghamton, N.Y., community, prompting hundreds of concerned residents to come out to a school board meeting this week to demand why no action had been taken…
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An Honor Roll Student Unknowingly Paid for His School Lunch With Counterfeit Money. His School Suspended Him for 2 Weeks
A Georgia middle school is moving forward with its suspension of a black honor roll student who unintentionally used a counterfeit $20 to pay for his lunch last week. Christian Philon, a 12-year-old Austin Road Middle School student, received the fake bill from his parents, who in turn received it as change from a fast-food…
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Snook, Texas, Independent School District Behavior Specialist Fired After Pushing Pre-K Student
A Snook, Texas, Independent School District behavior specialist was fired after video footage showing him pushing a young black student went viral, KVUE reports. According to the report, the Burleson County Sheriff’s Office has also launched an investigation into the incident. The employee, identified as Troy Vann, can be seen in the video pushing the…