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Williamson Schools Fight Student Violence Aimed at Teachers
Nashville, TN
With violent student episodes aimed at teachers on the rise in Williamson County, the school board is asking for hundreds of thousand of dollars to be used for immediate help.
School spokesperson Carol Birdsong told Nashville's News 2 that so far this year, "around 50 worker compensation claims have been filed" in Williamson County due to violent behavior against teachers by students.
During a recent school board meeting, two recent cases were cited when requesting the additional funding.
The first incident occurred just last week in an elementary school where a teacher went to the hospital after being struck by a radio thrown by a student.
The second cited incident occurred earlier this month when a student shattered a school window with a chair.
At the urging of schools director Mike Looney, the school board requested the $348,000 immediately from county commissioners for two new separate classrooms staffed with teachers to help special education students with behavioral issues.
The report to the school board indicates most of the incidents are at the elementary school level.
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With violent student episodes aimed at teachers on the rise in Williamson County, the school board is asking for hundreds of thousand of dollars to be used for immediate help.
School spokesperson Carol Birdsong told Nashville's News 2 that so far this year, "around 50 worker compensation claims have been filed" in Williamson County due to violent behavior against teachers by students.
During a recent school board meeting, two recent cases were cited when requesting the additional funding.
The first incident occurred just last week in an elementary school where a teacher went to the hospital after being struck by a radio thrown by a student.
The second cited incident occurred earlier this month when a student shattered a school window with a chair.
At the urging of schools director Mike Looney, the school board requested the $348,000 immediately from county commissioners for two new separate classrooms staffed with teachers to help special education students with behavioral issues.
The report to the school board indicates most of the incidents are at the elementary school level.
Safe Havens, International
Saturday, September 22, 2012
25 Students Injured in Tennessee School Bus Wreck
Johnson City, TN
A school spokeswoman says more than 25 students have been taken to hospitals in upper East Tennessee after a school bus carrying high schoolers flipped over.
Washington County schools spokeswoman Susan Kiernan says parents may have taken other students as well. She said all but five or six are expected to be released Thursday night.
One girl underwent surgery for head and neck injuries and was in critical condition. The driver was taken by ambulance with chest pain but Kiernan didn't know whether she would be admitted.
Kiernan says 63 students from David Crockett High School were on the bus Thursday afternoon.
Tennessee Highway Patrol spokeswoman Dalya Qualls says the crash happened when the wheels dropped off the side of the road and the driver overcorrected, about eight miles southwest of Jonesborough.
Safe Havens, Intl
A school spokeswoman says more than 25 students have been taken to hospitals in upper East Tennessee after a school bus carrying high schoolers flipped over.
Washington County schools spokeswoman Susan Kiernan says parents may have taken other students as well. She said all but five or six are expected to be released Thursday night.
One girl underwent surgery for head and neck injuries and was in critical condition. The driver was taken by ambulance with chest pain but Kiernan didn't know whether she would be admitted.
Kiernan says 63 students from David Crockett High School were on the bus Thursday afternoon.
Tennessee Highway Patrol spokeswoman Dalya Qualls says the crash happened when the wheels dropped off the side of the road and the driver overcorrected, about eight miles southwest of Jonesborough.
Safe Havens, Intl
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Confederate Flag Prom Dress Keeps TN Student from Celebration
Gibson County, TN
Gibson County High School senior Texanna Edwards was — like many of her classmates — looking forward to her prom last Saturday.
But Edwards didn’t get to attend because of her attire — a knee-length red dress decorated with bright blue stripes and white stars inside the stripes. The school’s colors are red, white and blue, but the dress resembles the controversial Confederate battle flag.
Edwards, 18, said she wasn’t allowed inside the prom after school officials told her the Confederate flag prom dress was “offensive and inappropriate.”
Gibson County High School senior Texanna Edwards was — like many of her classmates — looking forward to her prom last Saturday.
But Edwards didn’t get to attend because of her attire — a knee-length red dress decorated with bright blue stripes and white stars inside the stripes. The school’s colors are red, white and blue, but the dress resembles the controversial Confederate battle flag.
Edwards, 18, said she wasn’t allowed inside the prom after school officials told her the Confederate flag prom dress was “offensive and inappropriate.”
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