After two student suicides, Florida educators say that they stop bullying in its earliest stages, while families suggest that the schools are actually rife with peer-on-peer harassment. A 17-year-old student says in a formal letter that the day before canine drug…
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Safety Law News for 7/6/12
A Connecticut school district is weighing whether to have drug dogs sniff individual students. Most districts only permit canine searches of objects, a policy that the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education endorses. Massachusetts educators adopted—and then quickly abandoned—voluntary student…
Safety Law News for 6/28/12
After an assault on an elementary school bus, the Massachusetts superintendent announced that students involved were disciplined—and that students on this bus must now adhere to a seating chart. A Florida student claims that educators disciplined her for reporting the…
School Safety Law News for 5/25/12
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…
School Safety Law News for 5/7/12
The Atlantic features asks whether student rights—and the threat of lawsuits—undermines educators’ ability to educate. The Massachusetts high court will rule on whether police can access student records, after an SRO provided a photo for a police lineup. Parents discipline…
School Safety Law News for 4/30/12
A Texas student was arrested after rumors spread that he had a gun in his waistband, even though police found no weapon on him. The student refused to cooperate when questioned, and now faces a misdemeanor charge and a third…
School Safety Law News for 4/20/12
Educators can suspend students for making a “wish” to blow up the school, according to the federal Second Circuit Court of Appeals. The suspended student was a ten-year-old completing a science assignment in crayon. Students want more discipline at a…
Keeping Up with the Transferring Student: The Duty to Share Information
DA Leone: Information Sharing Amongst Schools Vital to Public Safety Via Arlington Patch There is understandable frustration by many over the reluctance of educators to understand the new legal climate in which information may be shared to enhance campus safety.…