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Fight Clubs Complete With Brackets, Betting Organized By VA Middle Schoolers: Principal
Fight clubs hosted and filmed by students at one Loudoun County middle school have become the center of an investigation. Students at Lunsford Middle School in Chantilly have formed elaborate fight clubs some with brackets, betting, and challenges, Principal Carrie Simms said in a letter to parents. Further troubling is that some parents seem to be aware and are hosting the fights in their garages and basements, the principal said. "Violent behavior, fighting, and its promotion on social media have no place in our school community," Simms said. "We cannot tell you how to parent,…
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Community Slams DC Schools Over Spring Break COVID Test Policy
Some parents are up in arms in DC after learning that their children would be required to have a negative COVID-19 test when they returned to the classroom from break on Monday. More than three years after the virus began rapidly spreading at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, some were caught off guard when Dr. Lewis Ferebee, the Chancellor of DC Public Schools posted a reminder online that students need to provide proof of a negative test as they returned from vacation. “Reminder: To ensure a safe return to school (on Monday), all students and staff must provide proof of a negative CO…
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VA Special-Ed Teacher Sexually Assaulted Student For Months: Police
A special education teacher at a Fairax high school has been arrested by the Major Crimes Bureau’s Child Abuse Squad. James Madison High School learning disabilities teacher Allieh Kheradmand, 33, was taken into custody on Thursday, April 12 after school administration notified law enforcement about her inappropriate relationship with a student. The student had informed school administrators that Kheradmand had had an inappropriate relationship with them for several months. Kheradmand had been a teacher with Fairfax County Public Schools since 2016. She is being charged with four counts of…
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Prankster Who Threatened HS In VA On Social Media Hit With Felony, Sheriff Says
A day after students returned to the classroom following Easter Break, a teen who flippantly made a social media threat purportedly targeting a Virginia high school has been apprehended, according to authorities. There was an increased police presence at Riverbend High School to start the week, as members of the Spotsylvania Sheriff's Office investigated a report of a threat depicting a young boy holding a rifle and referencing a school with the initials "RHS." School administrators, detectives, and School Resource Officers launched "an extensive investigation" over the weekend after …
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US Department Of Education Opening Title IX Probe Into Loudoun County Public Schools
The US Department of Education is launching an investigation into Loudoun County Public Schools due to concerns about Title IX violations. Earlier this year, the America Legal First Legal Foundation (AFL) demanded an investigation by the DOE's Office for Civil Rights (OCR), alleging that the district mishandled and failed to respond appropriately to reports of sexual misconduct. The January complaint from AFL can be found here. AFL, “a national, nonprofit organization that works to promote the rule of law in the United States,” said in a victory letter that the school “infamously mishandle…
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No Joking Matter: Threat Targeting VA School Deemed Prank
There will be an increased police presence at a Virginia high school on Tuesday when students return to class after a recent social media threat was investigated by the Spotsylvania Sheriff's Office. Over the weekend, the sheriff’s office was made aware of an online social media threat to a school with the initials “RHS,” which are believed to represent Riverbend High School, officials said. Following “an extensive investigation,” detectives from the sheriff’s office were able to identify the student who posted the threat on social media, and it was ultimately deemed not credible, and was p…
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Coach, Security Officer At HS In Virginia In Fight Of His Life After Crash
Support is pouring in for a popular member of the Loudoun County Public School system who suffered life-altering injuries in a violent crash last month days before he would have qualified for disability benefits. Jordan Fisher, a Safety and Security Officer and head girl’s varsity field hockey coach at Tuscarora High School in Leesburg spent more than a week in the hospital undergoing extensive treatment after he was struck by a vehicle in Richmond on Saturday, March 11. Fisher suffered from a hematoma in his brain, which led to them removing a part of his skull, which friends and family …
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Two Teachers Accused Of Inappropriate Relationships With Students On Same Day In VA: Sheriff
Two teachers in Virginia are facing charges for alleged inappropriate relationships that they carried on with students in Frederick County. Emily Walker, a PE teacher and basketball coach at Frederick County Middle School, and Matthew Geyer, a teacher’s aide at Sherando High School, have both been arrested following an investigation into separate allegations of reckless behavior, officials announced on Thursday, March 23. The investigation into the pair was launched two weeks ago, when school officials notified Frederick County School Resource Officers about the situation inside each build…
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Misspelled Message On Stafford Middle School Bathroom Wall Misses Mark, Sheriff Muses
Some students in Stafford County should spend more time in the classroom and less time vandalizing property. More time in English class might behoove a group of students at Stafford County Middle School who were caught after tagging a bathroom with a comically misspelled message for their classmates. “It all about money and muder,” they wrote. You might be able to infer what the vandals were trying to convey. The incident was reported at approximately 10 a.m. on Monday, March 20 inside a restroom at the middle school. Investigators say that two students used spray paint to deface the …
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Teen Hospitalized After Shooting Near Southeast DC Elementary School Campus
Recognize this vehicle? Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Seventh District are seeking the public’s assistance as they attempt to locate a wanted gunman who shot a boy not far from a DC school on Monday afternoon. At approximately 2:15 p.m. on Monday, March 13, police say that they were called to the 2200 block of 14th Street in Southeast, DC to investigate a shooting. Upon arrival, officials say that officers located a crime scene, but no victim, though they were soon advised that a teen victim was located at an area hospital receiving treatment for a non-life-threaten…
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Virginia Middle School Placed On Lockdown To Investigate 'Written Threat' (
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An Arlington middle school was placed into a temporary lockdown on Friday afternoon as the police investigated a reported “written threat” that was discovered. At approximately 1 p.m. on Friday, March 10, a spokesperson from Arlington Public Schools advised that Gunston Middle School had been placed in lockdown due to the undisclosed threat that was reported. APS Alert: @APSGunston is currently in Lockdown. Check email for more information. Do not come to the school. — Arlington Public Schools (@APSVirginia) March 10, 2023 Police were called to the building to investigate the threat, …
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Police Arrest 12-Year-Old Girl For Making Social Media Threats Toward Prince William County MS
Police say that a 12-year-old girl is facing charges after allegedly making threats of violence toward a middle school in Prince William County. Earlier this week, officers from the Prince William County Police Department were called to investigate a potential threat of violence that was made on social media toward Lake Ridge Middle School in Woodbridge. The investigation determined that a young girl who was later identified as a student at a different school, posted threats over Snapchat, which were immediately brought to the police by a Lake Ridge student, who alerted her parents about th…
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