Post-Katrina lessons for student hurricane victims
Even in the face of a natural disaster, kids can show great resilience. But everyone has to beware of the dangers that come in a hurricane's wake.
24 victories over 721 days, but then …
The Derby Panthers, two-time Class 6A state football champs in Kansas, lost Friday to another powerhouse in the state, the 5A Lions from Goddard.
Schools continue to send help for hurricane victims
Helping people in need includes helping schools that suffered losses in recent hurricanes. Schools in Md. & a marching band in IL step up.
U. Balto. president troubled by ‘disinvited’ speakers
US Ed. Sec'y Betsy DeVos was invited to speak at the U. of Balto., and students protested that invitation with a walkout and a rally yesterday.
News agencies explain how hurricanes form
Hurricane Irma is breaking records as it rakes Florida, leaves Caribbean destruction and starvation in its wake, and settles down as it heads north.
When the school bus just never shows up
Parents in Kent Co., Md., complain that school buses don't show up, etc., as the district works with a new out-of-town transportation provider.
L.A. wildfire, from 30 years of growth, is contained
Schools in S. Calif. briefly saw a wildfire in the mountains near L.A. It's been brought under control, but everything's coated with ash.
Students mark 60 years of integration in Little Rock
Later this month, students in Little Rock and the surrounding area will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the integration of Central H.S.
Urgent needs felt by new supt. in Howard Co.
A Md. school district with ~55,000 kids has a new superintendent, who replaces one who sued her own school board and was bought out for $1.6 mil.
Sexually abuse a student, get a few months in prison
A marching band aide was sentenced to 18 mos. because he had sex with one of the students at the Md. school where he was volunteering.