#parent | #kids | Warlord asks US court to force his deportation to Italy before he can be sent back to Colombia | #childabductors

The attorney for a former Colombian paramilitary leader has filed an emergency petition with a Washington, DC federal court demanding his client be deported immediately to Italy instead of Colombia where he is linked to 1,500 killings or abductions. Immigration attorney Hector Mora filed the proceeding Monday on behalf of Salvatore…

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#parent | #kids | COVID-19 Hurts Latino Children’s Mental Health, Learning – Houston Public Media | #covid19 | #kids | #childern

Second grade students work in the technology lab at Sherman Elementary School in this file photo. Half of Greater Houston’s 1.2 million public school students are Latino — and a new survey finds the coronavirus pandemic is hurting their mental health. The advocacy group Latinos for Education surveyed more than…

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#parent | #kids | Teacher arrested for sexually abusing 12 year old boy | #teacher | #children | #kids

Colombo (News 1st); A 29-year-old math teacher was arrested by the Police Unit of the National Child Protection Authority for sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy in Colombo. Chairman of the National Child Protection Authority, Professor Muditha Vidanapathirana speaking to News 1st said the victim’s family had personally filed a complaint with…

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#parent | #kids | Former Johnson County educator sentenced in child seduction case | #teacher | #children | #kids

Brickens mholtkamp@dailyjournal.net A jury trial scheduled for Tuesday was canceled after a former Franklin Community High School music teacher who had an inappropriate sexual relationship with a student pleaded guilty.  Alex J. Brickens, 30, pleaded guilty last month to child seduction, a Level 5 felony. Judge Lance Hamner sentenced Brickens…

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#parent | #kids | School Reopenings, Learning Pods, and COVID-19 Testing: The Atlantic Daily | #covid19 | #kids | #childern

A warning: Not all U.S. students have high-speed internet access. “Some teachers say they’re fighting to ensure that all of their students can log into class each day,” our health reporter Olga Khazan writes.   Adam Maida One question, answered: I’m planning to travel to see loved ones. I haven’t had…

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