September 13, 2011
The St. Martin Parish School Board voted to amend its policies so they are in compliance with the state’s new student-athlete concussion awareness laws. Two laws adopted during the 2011 legislative session require school districts to ensure that all coaches …
August 31, 2011
Louisa County officials say it could cost up to $60 million to replace a high school and an elementary school damaged by last week’s earthquake. Officials told a joint meeting of the School Board and county Board of Supervisors on …
August 22, 2011
Prosecutors have charged a former Lincoln Public Schools employee with second-degree arson in a fire that destroyed the district’s office building. Sharon Brewster was charged on Wednesday. A Lancaster County judge set her bond at $1 million. A preliminary hearing …
August 17, 2011
Authorities say an employee with Lincoln Public Schools in Nebraska has been arrested for allegedly setting a fire that destroyed the district’s office building. The Lincoln Journal Star says Sharon Brewster was booked in the Lancaster County jail on Monday …
July 20, 2011
A Bradley County elementary school that was damaged during the April 27 tornado will be demolished. The Board of Education approved the plan on Thursday and also voted to allow the schools director to go forward with plans to purchase …
July 6, 2011
New Hampshire investigators are trying to determine the cause of an early morning fire that caused more than $40,000 in damage to a Nashua middle school. The fire alarm at the Fairgrounds Middle School sounded at about 4 a.m. Tuesday. …
June 1, 2011
Firefighters say a three-alarm blaze that caused $250,000 damage at a closed Kansas City school was intentionally set. Fire Department spokesman Joe Vitale says the fire at the former Manchester school started around 5 p.m. Saturday and quickly spread across …
April 14, 2011
After staying home Monday and Tuesday, students at Trillium Charter School in Portland are returning to class. The Oregonian reports the K-12 school with 360 students had to cancel two days this week because insurers dropped property, liability and workers’ …
April 12, 2011
Montgomery County fire officials say someone threw an incendiary device into a classroom at Walt Whitman High School, located in Bethesda, causing a small explosion and fire. Assistant Chief Scott Graham of the Montgomery County Fire Department says officials aren’t …