May 14, 2012
The parents of Nathan Conner claim that Wright State University police could have prevented his death. Conner's roommates alerted officers to his behavior, but they concluded Conner wasn't suicidal.
May 2, 2012
Sgt. Mike Kimura and Crpl. Steve Garcia were able to talk a former UC Santa Cruz student down from a wood-and-metal footbridge. Campus police nominated the officers for an American Red Cross Heroes award.
April 30, 2012
The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights has reached a resolution agreement with the Memphis City Schools on aids and services to students with disabilities.
February 28, 2012
The mother of a UC Berkeley student who suffered brain damage in 2010 after overdosing on drugs has filed a lawsuit against the University of California regents and the Berkeley Student Cooperative, claiming they knew of the rampant drug use in the campus residence where her son lived but did not protect students.
February 19, 2012
California Family Health Council has teamed up with the California Department of Public Health's STD Control Branch to launch a new Condom Access Project designed to reduce the rate of STD transmission among teens by ensuring that California youth have access to free condoms year round.
January 31, 2012
Reporters and representatives of environmental crusader Erin Brockovich were ordered off the campus of Le Roy Junior-Senior High School. Brockovich had said she would send representatives to collect soil samples in connection to a cluster of students with unusual neurological symptoms.
January 29, 2012
Nitrous oxide canisters designed to make whipped cream — such as the product "Whip-it!" — are being used by some to achieve a brief high. Inhaling the gas deprives the brain of oxygen and can cause long-term problems.
January 16, 2012
Reports claim that janitors found blood and urine in two rooms at Farm Hill Elementary School where special needs students are disciplined. Several students reported that they heard shouting coming from the rooms.
January 15, 2012
A 7-year-old girl who died at Hopkins Elementary from an allergic reaction was given a peanut by another child who did not know she had an allergy, according to police.
January 13, 2012
The Novato Unified School District has installed eight automated external defibrillators (AEDs) on its Novato High, San Marin High and Hill Education Center campuses.
January 12, 2012
A teacher at O.B. Whaley School was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a child on campus late last year. The abuse, according to police, occurred from August to October.
January 11, 2012
A former schoolteacher facing sexual abuse allegations has now been charged with molesting a second female student.
January 6, 2012
Parents said their children weren't eating, some were running fevers and others needed to talk to someone after an eighth grader carrying a pellet gun was fatally shot by police.
December 28, 2011
The parents of a girl who committed suicide after being bullied for months have settled a lawsuit with the South Hadley Public School District for $225,000.
December 19, 2011
A nine-year-old boy died after choking on a meatball during his lunch period at Public School 47. Jonathan Jewth choked at 12:15 p.m. but a call to 9-1-1 was not placed until 12:29 p.m.
December 14, 2011
Students with osteogenesis imperfecta have bones that break easily. In spite of the urgency of a school bus evacuation, these passengers must be moved slowly and carefully.
December 13, 2011
Chesapeake High School was evacuated and 16 students were sent to the hospital after a school security officer used pepper spray to break up a fight between two students.
December 13, 2011
Two students at Harwell Middle School were shot while trying out for a basketball team. Police believe the boys may have been shot by hunters in a nearby farm property.
December 6, 2011
A 13-year-old boy was denied consideration for admission to the Milton Hershey School because he is HIV positive. The boy has since filed a lawsuit in federal court against the school.
December 5, 2011
Approximately two dozen people were hospitalized during a rave party hosted by Dayglow at Lehigh University's Rausch Field House on Dec. 3.