By Mark Edward Nero | [email protected] | PUBLISHED: October 10, 2018 at 5:46 pm | UPDATED: October 11, 2018 at 1:25 pm The parents of an eighth-grader say they’re filing a claim against the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District this week, arguing district officials failed to protect their son from repeated bullying and assaults that ultimately landed him in the hospital. Claims are state-required precursors to lawsuits. If officials reject the allegations, the district could be sued as early as December, according to an attorney representing the middle-schooler’s family. “We’re going to be holding the school district and all the players involved accountable,” said attorney Mark Haushalter. Last fall, some classmates of a 13-year-old at Palos Verdes Intermediate School began bullying him, Haushalter said. Then, this spring, the bullying escalated: the student was attacked twice, in April and May. Those attacks, one of which was … [Read more...] about Palos Verdes Peninsula school district faces claim it didn’t protect student against bullying
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Judge sues Carlsbad school district for defamation
.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........CARLSBAD – A state district judge has filed a defamation lawsuit against a local school board and several employees, claiming scurrilous and malicious false statements – including that she was part of a “white power movement” – were made about the judge and no school district official repudiated them, even though it was their duty to do so. Judge Lisa RileyFifth Judicial District Judge Lisa Riley on Thursday filed the suit against the Carlsbad Municipal School Board, its superintendent, a principal, another school employee and the treasurer of the LULAC national organization.The conflict stems from a demonstration organized on school grounds by the plaintiff Lisa Riley’s son Will Riley in support of gun rights following demonstrations at schools around the … [Read more...] about Judge sues Carlsbad school district for defamation
School district says rattlesnake bit Steele High School student
By Liz Teitz Updated 5:37 pm CDT, Friday, October 5, 2018 A rattlesnake bit a Steele High School student on campus Friday morning, Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District said in a letter to parents and community members. A rattlesnake bit a Steele High School student on campus Friday morning, Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District said in a letter to parents and community members. Photo: Rubberball/Mike Kemp/Getty Images/Rubberball Most creatures you'll find in the wild just want to stay out of your way. But just in case, click on to read tips on how to walk away from close encounters unhurt. Most creatures you'll find in the wild just want to stay out of your way. But just in case, click on to read tips on how to walk away from close encounters unhurt. HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM WILD ANIMALS:SHARK:While sharks attacks are rare, when it happens, fight back. "You … [Read more...] about School district says rattlesnake bit Steele High School student
Rosemount school district to pay author $40,000 for unauthorized sports tweets
Three tweets and a retweet have cost the Rosemount-Eagan-Apple Valley school district $40,000. That’s what the district agreed to pay Texas sports psychologist and author Keith Bell last month to resolve a copyright infringement lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Minnesota. Bell, once a collegiate All-American swimmer, has sued numerous schools and colleges across the country for using his work without attribution or compensation. In 2012, after Bell complained that a passage from his 1982 book “Winning Isn’t Normal” was posted on a school basketball team website, the Rosemount district reached an $8,500 license agreement allowing them limited use of Bell’s material. But in 2015 and 2016, he alleged, the team Twitter accounts for Rosemount girls basketball and Eastview wrestling and lacrosse posted a passage from Bell’s book without attribution. The Eagan wrestling account also reposted a similar tweet by a New Jersey wrestling club. Bell claimed the … [Read more...] about Rosemount school district to pay author $40,000 for unauthorized sports tweets
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