Associated Press Published 3:54 PM EST Dec 14, 2018 Blackman Township – A southern Michigan school district has been ordered to release school bus surveillance footage in a lawsuit alleging that a driver forced students to sit in extreme heat as punishment for behaving badly. Jackson County Circuit Judge John McBain ordered Northwest Community Schools this week to release the video, but said the plaintiff must pay the district to redact the video to remove students from view. MLive.com reports the suit says a bus driver drove around unnecessarily for nearly an hour in August, forced students to close bus windows and possibly turned on the heat. District officials argued the video couldn’t be released without parental permission, but the judge found that the video can be released while maintaining student privacy. Superintendent Geoff Bontrager says the district was weighing an appeal. … [Read more...] about School district must release school bus video in heat suit
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Another Texas school district may move to 4-day school week
Shelby Webb Published 3:31 pm CST, Tuesday, December 11, 2018 Athens ISD said moving to a four-day school week could improve students' academic performances. Click ahead to see the best school districts in the San Antonio area for 2019, according to Niche. Athens ISD said moving to a four-day school week could improve students' academic performances. Click ahead to see the best school districts in the San Antonio area for 2019, according to Niche. Image 1 of / 33 Caption Close Image 1 of 33 Athens ISD said moving to a four-day school week could improve students' academic performances. Click ahead to see the best school districts in the San Antonio area for 2019, according to Niche. Athens ISD said moving to a four-day school week could improve students' academic performances. Click ahead to see the best school districts in the San Antonio area for 2019, according to Niche. Another Texas school … [Read more...] about Another Texas school district may move to 4-day school week
Texas school district’s enrollment drops after mass shooting
Updated 2:34 pm CST, Monday, December 10, 2018 FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2018, file photo, Santa Fe High School students arrive for the first day of the new school year in Santa Fe, Texas. A growing number of students are leaving the Houston-area school district where 10 people were killed in a mass shooting in May. Enrollment at the Santa Fe public school district has dropped by more than 4 percent this year. Half of the loss comes from Santa Fe High School, where authorities say a 17-year-old student fatally shot 10 people. (Jennifer Reynolds/The Galveston County Daily News via AP) less FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2018, file photo, Santa Fe High School students arrive for the first day of the new school year in Santa Fe, Texas. A growing number of students are leaving the Houston-area school ... more Photo: Jennifer Reynolds, AP … [Read more...] about Texas school district’s enrollment drops after mass shooting
S. Carolina school district abolished snow days
.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... Sorry kids, no more all-day pajama parties, cartoon marathons and snowball fights when you’re really supposed to be in school. A school district in South Carolina has done away with the much-loved snow days – requiring students to do classwork online. Officials with Anderson County School District 5 announced last week on social media that the district has been chosen to “pilot the first eLearning program in the state of South Carolina,” meaning that when roads are too treacherous for travel, teachers will send assignments to the students’ school-supplied tablets. The district calendar states that “inclement weather days will be eLearning days and will not be made up.” ADVERTISEMENT The simple fact is, though, that South Carolina has very little … [Read more...] about S. Carolina school district abolished snow days
How an Unknown Reformer Rescued One of America’s Most Troubled School Districts
CAMDEN, N.J.—Five years ago, a stranger arrived in one of America’s most benighted cities and made a humble promise that sounded radical. Paymon Rouhanifard, then 32 years old, told parents here he believed he could make Camden’s public schools better places for their children to learn. Story Continued Below It would have been hard to make them worse: All but three of Camden’s schools were considered among the worst in New Jersey when Rouhanifard became the city’s school superintendent in 2013. That year, only three graduating seniors were considered college-ready. Camden’s parents, accustomed to disappointment and disenfranchisement, were suspicious. Rouhanifard had just two years of classroom teaching experience and had never set foot in Camden before his appointment. He came with a state takeover of the city’s public schools, another outsider in a city that had lost control of its most essential services over the preceding half-century. … [Read more...] about How an Unknown Reformer Rescued One of America’s Most Troubled School Districts