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Benny Garcia of Holyoke, Massachusetts was arrested Thursday after his 5-year-old son brought a packet containing white powder to his school. The 29-year-old’s child told his teacher that when he ingests the substance, suspected to be either cocaine or heroin, it makes him “feel like Spider-Man,” NBC News reports.  The Lawrence Elementary School teacher notified the school principal of the incident, and police were […]

The nationwide college admissions scandal is still ongoing. Lori Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, have pleaded not guilty to a third charge connected to the scam, CNN reports.  The couple were among 11 parents charged in an indictment handed down by a grand jury in Boston last week, which alleges that they colluded with William […]

Last May, an Oregon high school football coach disarmed a student who brought a gun on to the campus. Video of that incident—obtained by KOIN 6 News—was finally released this weekend. In the clip, coach Keanon Lowe is seen taking a shotgun away from 18-year-old Angel Granados-Diaz before hugging the student. The two share an embrace for close to 10 minutes. […]

A black security guard at a Wisconsin high school said he was fired after saying the N-word in front of a student and the school’s assistant principal. According to Madison365, the Madison Metropolitan School District has a zero-tolerance for employees using racial slurs; however, the former guard, Marlon Anderson, said he repeated the slur in an effort to defend […]

The Cherry Hill school district in New Jersey passed a new policy Tuesday that will allow principals to ban a student from purchasing tickets for school dances, prom included, if their lunch debt exceeds $75, NBC News reports.  The punishments that can be levied through this policy, which includes both high school and middle school, […]

A Pennsylvania teacher is placed on unpaid leave after video surfaces of her subjecting a black parent to a racist rant. Per the Upper Darby School District Superintendent, Daniel McGarry, the incident took place in the Drexel Hill Middle School parking lot. The unnamed teacher and parent, Rasheed Noel, were involved in a minor car accident while he was dropping […]

Three Memphis high schoolers have learned just how rewarding kindness can be. Kristopher Brown and Antwain Garrett, two football players at MLK College Preparatory High School, made national headlines this month after they decided to help out Micheal Todd—their 14-year-old classmate who was being bullied for wearing the same clothes to school every day. The teens admitted that they […]

Washington police have apprehended a high school student whose mother found journal entries outlining plans to attack his school and alerted authorities. The 17-year-old’s journal had information about an attack he was preparing at College Place High School on April 20, 2020, the 21st anniversary of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting, CNN reports. Officers took […]

A student at Illinois’ Washington Community High School was given a six-day suspension after a classmate overheard him misquoting a lyric from the 2017 Future song “Draco.” In an interview with Illinois’ ABC affiliate, the student’s parent Brandon Porter claims his son was singing the song as he left school when he mistakenly replaced “Draco” with “AK” in the line “Draco season with the bookbag.” […]

Authorities are investigating the assault of 12-year-old black boy at a Lakeland, Florida, middle school. The incident made national headlines last week, after a cellphone video of the attack was posted online. The clip shows a number of white students inside a locker room at R.W. Blake Academy, where they held the boy and repeatedly struck him […]