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School Safety Law News for 5/31/12

by Bernie James • May 31, 2012

San Antonio schools will track students with chips embedded in ID cards, which only work on buses and on campus, in an effort to increase attendance funding. Student privacy is a concern, while one board trustee says that she does not want administrators to begin tracking teachers’ movements with imbedded chips.

New York educators face new obligations in dealing with on-campus and online harassment, as the Dignity for All Students Act takes effect July 1.

School Safety Law News for 5/25/12

by Bernie James • May 25, 2012

A student was disciplined for a “death list,” in which he named people who would die by driving off Mount Rushmore and by being run over by a moose. He called it a joke between classmates, but Massachusetts educators suspended him for almost an entire school year.

A Facebook post lead to a campus fight, after someone questioned a girl’s sexual orientation. At least one mother was involved in the brawl.

When a student brought a track and field starter gun to school, some students reported it as a handgun and the school went into lockdown. The district is reexamining how it notifies parents about emergencies.

School Safety Law News for 5/24/12

by Bernie James • May 24, 2012

Two Ohio elementary school students are facing criminal charges after one of them brought a loaded gun to school on Thursday. Both of them tried to hide it, but got caught.

Georgia school police use Facebook to keep schools safe.

School resource officer intercepts a student with a gun and a loaded clip on campus.

Colorado middle school student planned to plant a bomb at school, and he had the materials to do it. Another student turned him in.

School Safety Law News for 5/21/12

by Bernie James • May 21, 2012

The National Center for Education Statistics reports that 4 percent of students were “afraid of attack or harm at school” in 2009 — a threefold decline from the 12 percent who were thus afraid in 1995. Educators discuss how they use character curriculum and an emphasis on friends to prevent bullying from even starting.

California lawmakers — concerned that too many students are suspended and expelled — are revisiting zero tolerance laws.

Positive Alternatives is an alternative to suspension for middle and high school students. Students referred to the program go to the club daily and get at least a portion of their school work under way so they do not fall further behind.

School Safety Law News for 5/14/12

by Bernie James • May 14, 2012

Texas students claim that a riot broke out on campus — and they posted videos and pictures, taken with their cell phones, online. Educators claim that students created a prank riot and are giving the wrong impression via social media. Meanwhile, students involved in the fight are receiving suspensions and misdemeanors citations.

How do teachers cope with student cyber-bullies? Secondary teachers say they don’t know how to cope with cyber-bullying that goes on outside of school hours. Schools management and teaching staff are in a legal vacuum when it comes to the growing problem of online abuse of students.

‘R-word’ gets boot from students’ lingo. Members of a high school organization Project Support, comprised of students with and without special needs, got busy last month with designing T-shirts and a pledge board for people to show their support for not using the R-word.

A high school student arrested: she brought a stolen gun to school and put it in a teacher’s locker.

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