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Massive Search Underway for Teen Abducted After Getting off School Bus
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Parents of Bullied Boy File $8.3M Federal Suit Against School Board, Superintendent, Transportation Director
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All School District Budgets Pass in Allegany County
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School Bus Involved in Fatal Crash
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How Taking City Buses Gets CA Students in Trouble
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School Bus Violations Reach 100 in One Day
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 School Security Bills Survive Months After Fatal Shootings in Connecticut, AlabamaAs 2013 dawned, the nation continued to mourn the lives lost in the Sandy Hook school shooting, and soon after, mourned a heroic Alabama school bus driver who died protecting his students in late January. Legislators in every state rushed to draft bills designed to create new protections for American students in the wake of the murders, and in the Midland City, Ala., case, a lengthy hostage standoff. Read more |
 Review: The First 30 Seconds DVD, Safe Havens InternationalA young boy gets on your school bus, carrying a guitar case. He seems more quiet than usual as you say, “Hi” to him as he boards. He puts his head down and walks down the aisle as if he knows what to expect. As he passes a group of students in the back of the bus they jostle him, one of them tousles his hair, and they laugh at him. He sits down, his head bowed for a second, when suddenly he stands up with a pump shotgun. Read more |
 Superintendents Discuss New School Security Measures for 2013-2014As superintendents across the nation finalize their 2013-2014 budgets, many are allocating more monies toward upgrading school security in light of the tragic shootings in Sandy Hook, Conn., and Midland City, Ala. School officials are reevaluating campus entry points and teaming with law enforcement on training and prevention, and some plan to post armed guards at every school site. Read more |