Are students more or less safe with cell phones in schools? It all depends on who you ask. The battle rages on in New York City as Mayor Bloomberg is holding firm on the ban of cell phones in city schools. But a recent opinion piece in the New York Post entitled “End the cell […]
Category Archive: School Safety Issues
School security under microscope after 10-year-old runs away
Parents and the media are questioning a Georgia elementary school’s security and supervision procedures after a 10-year-old fifth-grade student ran away from his elementary school on Tuesday. The student, Kit Colburn, was sent to the office around 8:45 a.m. but not reported missing to police until 12:19 p.m., according to a story by The Telegraph newspaper […]
Police handcuff Georgia kindergartner for tantrum or safety?
A 6-year-old kindergartner from a Georgia school was handcuffed and removed from school by police after the student allegedly tore items off the walls, threw books and toys, threw a shelf that hit the principal in the leg, jumped on a paper shredder and tried to break a glass frame, according to an Associated Press […]
Chronic school bomb threats challenge school, safety officials
Chronic school bomb threats have challenged school and police officials from K-12 schools and college level education facilities. In late 2011, Orange Public Schools in suburban Cleveland, Ohio, faced a series of bomb threats in which a number of those were delivered electronically through an internationally located proxy server. Eventually federal and local law enforcement […]
Former private school teacher: FBI Most Wanted for child porn
A 30-year-old former private school teacher and camp counselor joined the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list for allegedly producing and possessing child pornography, according to a Foxnews.com story. Eric Justin Toth, aka “David Bussone,” filled the slot of the now-deceased Al Qaeda terrorist leader Usama bin Laden. Federal officials said their investigation into Toth began […]
NC teacher charged for prescription drug sales at high school
A 31-year-old high school English teacher in Gaston, North Carolina, was fired from her job and arrested for allegedly running a prescription drug ring targeting students at the school, according to a March 30 Gaston Gazette news story. The School Resource Officer (SRO) investigated following an anonymous tip. Police say the teacher allegedly provided a […]
Phone threats trigger heightened security, parent communications
Threats by irate students, former students, parents, disgruntled current or former employees and others are requiring school administrators to take quick action to heighten security. They also create a necessity for schools to have crisis communications plans to get accurate information out quickly to parents, media and the school-community. Phoned threats target local schools Two […]
After-school girls fight presents challenges to school safety
An after-school fight involving girls from a New Jersey high school ended with one student suffering from a knife wound and school officials in a defensive mode, according to a news story on the Bayonne High School incident. The school’s principal reportedly was surprised by the incident, saying there was no prior history of problems […]
Feds: Virginia street gang ran high school prostitution ring
Five alleged members of a Fairfax, Virginia-based offshoot of the Crips street gang ran a prostitution ring that recruited at least 10 high school girls, according to federal prosecutors and the FBI. Law enforcement officials said some girls participated voluntarily while others were threatened, beaten or cut with a knife when they tried to quit […]
‘Most wanted’ fugitive joins an elementary school field trip
Try explaining to parents why a convicted drug offender with a warrant was able to chaperone his daughter’s class on an elementary school field trip. “It appears that there was a miscommunication in the building today. The parent was not cleared to chaperone,” the Seattle School District said in a statement according to a December msnbc.com article […]