- California police and educators “don’t care to tolerate any kind of weapons on campus,” whether real or fake, and are reinforcing this message after a seventh grade girl brought a BB gun to school. She discussed using it to hurt herself and other students, as she faced a likely breakup with her boyfriend.
- Law enforcement agencies, not educators, were behind the decision to place a 22-year-old undercover police officer in a California high school. Eight months later, the undercover officer’s drug probes led to student arrests.
- California legislators are discussing a bill that would strip teachers of their pensions, if teachers date their students.
- A bullied Maryland student found her school’s response so lacking that she went online, writing that “[t]he cyber bullying has gotten to the point where the school will not take any action unless I kill myself.” Within twelve hours, the principal was inundated with emails from across the nation and had addressed the issue.
- Anti-bullying efforts may go central in DC Public Schools, which is launching a forty-person committee to create uniform anti-bullying responses. Committee members will include principals, school staff members, superintendents, and community stakeholders.