Safe. Engaged. Inclusive. Equitable. These are adjectives that any parent, teacher or student would want to use when describing their school. Together, they create the necessary climate for learning and maturing. However, it is only recently that schools, districts and states — in large part due to the Every Student…
A reserve officer with the Orlando Police Department was terminated Monday after he arrested two 6-year-old children last week without the proper approval, Chief Orlando Rolón said. The 6-year-olds, one boy and one girl, faced misdemeanor battery charges but will not be prosecuted, Aramis Ayala, the state attorney who serves…
A Tribeca nanny was arrested Wednesday for allegedly abusing an 8-month-old infant in her charge inside her employer’s West Street pad. The child’s mother told authorities that she noticed scratches on the tot’s face Aug. 8 and asked Patricia Harper, 63, where they came from. Harper said she didn’t know….
A 20-year-old Utah nanny is facing felony child abuse charges after she was caught on camera kicking, hitting and shaking 5-month-old twins left in her care. McKenna Newell of West Valley City turned herself in to police on Thursday morning and was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail. According…
ON October 9, 1961, 15-year-old Brian Cox stepped on to the Dundee Rep stage for the first time, in AA Milne’s The Dover Road. “I’ve no idea why I wasn’t fired immediately,” he says. “I was to play a waiter, but had no idea what Silver Service was, so they…
Marlborough’s harbourmaster has vowed to do more to make marinas safer following the death of 6-year-old Nekko Haworth in Havelock Marina. The harbourmaster’s office and Port Marlborough have partnered to work out how to make marinas and water activities safer, but say there will always be “inherent risks” of being on the water. Harbourmaster…
Image copyrightGoFundMe Image captionZariah Hasheme with her mother, Demi Petrowski A couple who struggled with fertility issues and endured six miscarriages before having a child are mourning the hot car death of their “miracle baby”. Two-year-old Zariah Hasheme died after her babysitter, Tammie Brooks, forgot to drop her off at…
Meanwhile, my younger, typically developing son was thriving in public school. He had access to theater, music, sports, languages, a mindfulness group, and a personalized curriculum. His gifts and interests were celebrated. He received support, like an independent study in German and time to discuss emotional health with adults who…
The Buffalo Diocese removed the Rev. Norbert F. Orsolits from a South Buffalo Catholic parish in 1968, shortly after parents complained that Orsolits had molested a 14-year-old boy in the back seat of his car at a drive-in theater. But Orsolits quickly wound up in another Buffalo parish. And he…
1. To be a parent is to be compromised. You pledge allegiance to justice for all, you swear that private attachments can rhyme with the public good, but when the choice comes down to your child or an abstraction—even the well-being of children you don’t know—you’ll betray your principles to…
