Parents and students of a Florida high school want answers to what they feel is a double standard in the dress code policy after the school edited several female students’ yearbook photos. NBC affiliate WTLV of Jacksonville reviewed yearbook pictures of several girls at Bartram Trail High School in St. …
Read More »Mother Who Called Police On Daughter’s Black Boyfriend Apologizes; Call Led To Fatal Shooting
A 17-year-old was shot and killed by Knoxville, Tennessee police after a woman called the police on him. Regina Perkins, the mother of Anthony Thompson’s girlfriend Alexus Page, has since apologized for calling the police that day. Thompson was killed on April 12 in an Austin-East Magnet High School bathroom …
Read More »High School Student Accidentally Sets Off Homemade Bomb, Injuring Six People
A Michigan high school student detonated a homemade explosive device in class on Monday, injuring five students and the teacher. People reports that the Newaygo Police Department responded to calls about an explosion at the school on Monday morning. Upon arrival, the school was evacuated. Other schools in the district went …
Read More »Florida High School Teacher Charged With 10 Counts of Sexual Battery on A Student
On Tuesday in Osceola County, high school teacher Wayne McKenzie Ricks II, 29, was arrested and charged with 10 counts of sexual battery on a student over multiple occasions and locations, including a classroom closet. According to online records, he was booked into Osceola County Jail. Investigators at the Haines …
Read More »School Resource Officer Caught on Camera Slamming Student to the Ground, Knocking Her Unconscious
On Tuesday at Liberty High School in Osceola County, Florida, a school resource officer was caught on surveillance slamming a young Black woman’s body to the ground in an outside breezeway. In the video posted to Twitter, you can see the young woman’s head bounce off the pavement with an audible …
Read More »San Francisco School May Remove Lincoln’s Name From School; Didn’t Show “Black Lives Mattered” To Him
A high school in San Francisco may have its name changed because the person who it’s named after didn’t demonstrate “Black Lives Matter.” A San Francisco committee is looking into Lincoln High School’s name change because he didn’t demonstrate that “Black Lives Mattered,” the KUSI News reported. The San Francisco …
Read More »Virginia High School Teacher Relieved Of His Duties After Referencing George Floyd’s Death In Chemistry Class
It’s the lack of sense for me. Common or not, some things are just ignorant, like a northern Virginia chemistry teacher who cited the death of George Floyd on an assignment. According to NBC Washington News, the teacher asked his students to complete the following sentence on how Floyd died: …
Read More »Viral Images Of Packed, Unmasked Students In Tight Hallways Receives Criticism, Two Students Suspended For Posting Photos Online
Photos of an overcrowded hallway in two Georgia school districts have raised COVID-19 concerns, and now two students have been suspended for posting the images. Sequoyah High School, Etowah High School, and others started in-person classes on Monday with mask optional policies. Photos posted online showed several seniors walking shoulder-to-shoulder …
Read More »High School Graduate Shot Dead In Her Car; $50,000 Reward Offered To Find Her Killer
A recent high school graduate has been shot dead in Ohio, and now a $50,000 reward is out for information leading to her killer. Na’kia Crawford, 18, was running errands with her grandmother when she was gunned down while inside a car in Akron, Ohio, on Sunday afternoon, according to …
Read More »Micah Tennant, 10-Year-Old Boy Who Was Shot At High School Game, Has Died
Micah Tennant, the 10-year-old boy who was shot during a high school football game in New Jersey last week, has died. Last Friday night, Micah and three other people were shot in Pleasantville, about an hour outside of Philadelphia, at the end of the third quarter of the game between …
Read More »Drew Brees Gifts High School Amputee with First Prosthetic Leg
A high school quarterback’s day has been made after receiving his first prosthetic leg from professional football player, #DrewBrees. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Last Friday, Alex Ruiz says he was “above cloud nine” when his favorite football player, Brees, gifted him with a prosthetic leg after it was amputated. Ruiz is a …
Read More »High School Withholds Diploma After Class President Refuses to Read Prewritten Speech
Earlier this month, the president of the Southwest Edgecombe High School senior class had his diploma withheld after he refused to recite a graduation speech written for him by administrators. Marvin Wright forfeited the opportunity to read the words of his administrators to deliver a graduation speech that he spent …
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