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EDUCATION / NEWS Thu Oct 25, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- Gunfire erupted during halftime at a middle school football game on Wednesday afternoon, wounding two teenagers and two adults, police said. A 16-year-old boy was shot in the neck, Detective Sgt. Brent Vanderhaar said. The three others were treated and.. Read More

EDUCATION / NEWS Thu Oct 18, 2007 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- Pupils at a city middle school will be able to get birth control pills and patches at their student health center after the local school board approved the proposal Wednesday evening. The plan, offered by city health officials, makes King Middle School.. Read More

EDUCATION / NEWS Sat Sep 29, 2007 @ 10:37am neoform

CBS News -- Schools just say no to bullying and fighting, but hugging? CBS 2 West Suburban Bureau Chief Mike Puccinelli reports that a local middle school wants the embracing to stop. "Last year we would see maybe as many as 10 students on one side (of the hallway.. Read More

EDUCATION / NEWS Mon Jun 18, 2007 @ 10:45am neoform

Washington Post -- Fairfax County middle school student Hal Beaulieu hopped up from his lunch table one day a few months ago, sat next to his girlfriend and slipped his arm around her shoulder. That landed him a trip to the school office. Among his crimes: hugging. Al.. Read More

EDUCATION / NEWS Tue Oct 2, 2007 @ 8:10am neoform

Yahoo News -- 28 minutes ago OAK PARK, Ill. - If you need a hug, you won't get it at Percy Julian Middle School. Principal Victoria Sharts banned hugging among the suburban Chicago school's 860 students anywhere inside the building. She said students were forming "hug.. Read More

EDUCATION / NEWS Sun Sep 30, 2007 @ 3:05pm neoform

Houston Chronicle -- A middle school in the Cypress-Fairbanks district was placed under lockdown Friday when a student brought a loaded handgun to school and pointed the weapon at two coaches, authorities said. No one was injured. When the 12-year-old girl first arrived Fr.. Read More

EDUCATION / NEWS Sat Mar 31, 2007 @ 9:29am neoform

FOX News -- A former middle school teacher accused of having sex with five boys was indicted Friday by a grand jury, the Laurens County prosecutor said. Allenna Ward, 24, is due in court Monday on five counts of criminal sexual conduct with a minor and six counts.. Read More

EDUCATION / NEWS Fri Mar 30, 2007 @ 2:30pm neoform

CNN -- A former middle school teacher accused of having sex with five boys was indicted Friday by a grand jury, the Laurens County prosecutor said. Allenna Ward, 24, is due in court Monday on five counts of criminal sexual conduct with a minor and six counts.. Read More

EDUCATION / OPINION Fri Dec 29, 2006 @ 10:21pm neoform

New York Times -- It’s hard to write this without sounding like a prig. But it’s just as hard to erase the images that planted the idea for this essay, so here goes. The scene is a middle school auditorium, where girls in teams of three or four are bopping to pop songs.. Read More