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Substitute Fired After Racist Comment Caught On Video At NY Middle School
A substitute teacher was fired after a racially offensive remark directed at a student was captured on video inside a New York middle school. The incident happened in Saratoga County, in an eighth-grade classroom at O’Rourke Middle School in Burnt Hills. A video widely shared online appears to capture the substitute teacher telling a student, “Take your cotton-picking hands to yourself.” That remark was directed at a Black student, according to multiple reports. The comment was heard in the background of a Chromebook video journal a student was recording for a class assignment. School lead…
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Ex-CT Teacher Accused Of Repeatedly Sexually Assaulting Student: Police
A former Connecticut high school teacher has been accused of sexually assaulting a former student, authorities said. Ciara Picard, 39, was arrested and charged with five counts of sexual assault involving a former student of Maloney High School in Meriden, police announced on Tuesday, Dec. 9. Meriden police did not provide many details about the alleged abuse, but investigators said it happened "years ago" while Picard was still a teacher at the school. She resigned in August 2025, according to police. An email to Meriden police for more information was not immediately returned. The stude…
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21 Hospitalized, 1 MedEvaced After PA Football Team Crashes: EMS
Twenty-one people were hospitalized after a school bus carrying Aliquippa Junior High football players crashed on Shaffer Road in Economy Borough, Beaver County EMS said. Police, fire, and EMS were called to the 190 block of Shaffer Road for the crash involving a bus with students and staff from the Aliquippa School District around 10 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 23, according to officials. One patient was flown to Allegheny General Hospital, two were taken to UPMC Children’s, and others were transported by ground, authorities said. Some parents later took their students to a Sewickley hospit…
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These Westchester Students Among Top 300 Scholars In Regeneron Competition
More than a dozen Westchester high school students are among the top 300 scholars in the prestigious 2025 Regeneron Science Talent Search thanks to their hard work and original research. In an announcement on Wednesday, Jan. 8, the Society for Science revealed the full list of the top 300 scholars in the 2025 Regeneron STS. According to the organization, each scholar will receive $2,000 and were chosen based on their "outstanding research, leadership skills, community involvement, commitment to academics, creativity in asking scientific questions and exceptional promise as STEM …
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Student Rides Motorcycle Through Halls Of School In Hudson Valley, Police Say
A student has been arrested for allegedly riding a motorcycle through the halls of a school in the Hudson Valley. The incident took place in Rockland on Tuesday, May 24 at Ramapo Senior High School. According to police, a student at the school drove an off-road motorcycle through the halls of the school while class was in session. The school resource officer immediately broadcast the incident to the police who responded and apprehended the student on Camp Hill Road, police said. The student was charged with reckless endangerment and various vehicle and traffic offenses. The unnamed stude…