News Radio 710 KEEL » school http://710keel.com Depend On It! Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:10:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Wisconsin Town Allows Authorities to Fine Parents of Bullies http://710keel.com/wisconsin-parents-bullies-fine/ http://710keel.com/wisconsin-parents-bullies-fine/#comments Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:13:39 +0000 Donald Deane http://thefw.com/?p=208836 Bullying has reached epidemic proportions and officials all across the country are putting measures in place to protect students. But a Wisconsin city has gone a step further by passing an ordinance which allows the parents of bullies to be fined. Does that seem fair?

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]]> http://710keel.com/wisconsin-parents-bullies-fine/feed/ 0 www.edudemic.com It's Graduation Season Here In Shreveport-Bossier http://710keel.com/its-graduation-season-here-in-shreveport-bossier/ http://710keel.com/its-graduation-season-here-in-shreveport-bossier/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 13:25:18 +0000 Dennis Foley http://710keel.com/?p=161167 Lots of pomp and circumstance this week for students all across Shreveport-Bossier.

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]]> http://710keel.com/its-graduation-season-here-in-shreveport-bossier/feed/ 0 Mario Tama, Getty Images South Bossier Schools Take 'Precautionary Measures' During Search for Armed Man, Issue Lockdown http://710keel.com/bossier-schools-take-precautionary-measures-during-search-for-armed-man-issue-lockdown/ http://710keel.com/bossier-schools-take-precautionary-measures-during-search-for-armed-man-issue-lockdown/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:23:12 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=151456 Sun City, Elm Grove Middle and Bellaire Elementary have issued a lockdown after a man from Shady Grove with reported mental health issues left his home at 2 a.m. carrying guns and ammo.

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]]> http://710keel.com/bossier-schools-take-precautionary-measures-during-search-for-armed-man-issue-lockdown/feed/ 0 Girl, 13, Suspended for Bringing Butter Knife to Cut Fruit at Lunch http://710keel.com/girl-suspended-butter-knife/ http://710keel.com/girl-suspended-butter-knife/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:49:29 +0000 Drew Weisholtz http://tsminteractive.com/?p=159148 A butter knife is causing some major controversy in Attleboro, Massachusetts.

Yes, a butter knife.

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]]> http://710keel.com/girl-suspended-butter-knife/feed/ 0 Louisiana Department of Education Says Public School Teacher Loss Rate Is Steady http://710keel.com/louisiana-public-school-teacher-loss-steady/ http://710keel.com/louisiana-public-school-teacher-loss-steady/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2013 21:47:30 +0000 Associated Press http://710keel.com/?p=137141 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana education officials say the overall rate at which teachers are leaving public schools in the state has been steady, despite a recent sharp increase in retirements reported by the state's teacher retirement system.

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]]> http://710keel.com/louisiana-public-school-teacher-loss-steady/feed/ 0 Photodisc Monroe City School Board Continues Search for New Superintendent http://710keel.com/monroe-city-school-board-superintendent-search/ http://710keel.com/monroe-city-school-board-superintendent-search/#comments Sat, 12 Jan 2013 16:28:37 +0000 Associated Press http://710keel.com/?p=133036 MONROE, La. (AP) — Monroe City School Board member Rodney McFarland, who serves as the district's superintendent search committee chairman, says he is pleased with the number and quality of applications received.

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]]> http://710keel.com/monroe-city-school-board-superintendent-search/feed/ 0 Photodisc Bossier Schools Director of Safety Danny Dison: We Won't Arm Our Teachers http://710keel.com/bossier-school-district-says-we-wont-arm-our-teachers/ http://710keel.com/bossier-school-district-says-we-wont-arm-our-teachers/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:22:49 +0000 Dennis Foley http://710keel.com/?p=132859 After the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and following the debate over guns and schools, Bossier schools have taken positions on what they feel is the best way to keep students safe.

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]]> http://710keel.com/bossier-school-district-says-we-wont-arm-our-teachers/feed/ 0 scarlettgreen/Flickr School Lunch Lady Fired for Giving Free Lunches to Needy Student http://710keel.com/school-lunch-lady-needy-kid/ http://710keel.com/school-lunch-lady-needy-kid/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:49:41 +0000 Donald Deane http://thefw.com/?p=172921 Given the time of year, you might think that helping the needy would be encouraged. But that's not what happened when 60-year-old school cafeteria worker Dianne Brame gave free lunches to a student who couldn't afford them. Instead, she was fired. 

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]]> http://710keel.com/school-lunch-lady-needy-kid/feed/ 0 Fox2News Today Is First Day of School in Caddo Parish http://710keel.com/today-is-first-day-of-school-in-caddo-parish/ http://710keel.com/today-is-first-day-of-school-in-caddo-parish/#comments Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:21:21 +0000 Erin McCarty http://710keel.com/?p=101489 Buses are rolling and Caddo Parish students are headed back to class today. Parents were out in force snapping up school supplies to make sure their children were ready for day 1.

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]]> http://710keel.com/today-is-first-day-of-school-in-caddo-parish/feed/ 0 School Bells Ring Across Bossier Parish http://710keel.com/school-bells-ring-across-bossier-parish/ http://710keel.com/school-bells-ring-across-bossier-parish/#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:07:12 +0000 Erin McCarty http://710keel.com/?p=100898 School is back in session in Bossier Parish.

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]]> http://710keel.com/school-bells-ring-across-bossier-parish/feed/ 0 School's Sunscreen Ban Leaves Students Severely Burned http://710keel.com/sunscreen-ban/ http://710keel.com/sunscreen-ban/#comments Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:00:02 +0000 Don Deane http://thefw.com/?p=133133 In a move that seems to defy all logic, a school in Washington State has banned the use of sunscreen, sending two sisters to the hospital with painful-looking sunburn after a field trip.

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]]> http://710keel.com/sunscreen-ban/feed/ 0 ABC Principal Apologizes After Suspending Seniors for Riding Their Bikes to School http://710keel.com/principal-apologizes-after-suspending-seniors-for-riding-their-bikes-to-school/ http://710keel.com/principal-apologizes-after-suspending-seniors-for-riding-their-bikes-to-school/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 17:14:32 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=104426 Nervous about past senior pranks involving vandalism and various other destructive behavior, a high school principal in Michigan swiftly issued one-day suspensions for dozens of seniors who rode their bikes to school en masse because she thought it was intentionally meant to disrupt the school day.

But after learning that simply wasn’t the case, she’s now issued an apology.

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]]> http://710keel.com/principal-apologizes-after-suspending-seniors-for-riding-their-bikes-to-school/feed/ 0 loop_oh, Flickr Keeping Kids Heat-Safe http://710keel.com/keeping-kids-heat-safe/ http://710keel.com/keeping-kids-heat-safe/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:23:34 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=11290 As kids prepare for the start of another school year, many of them are also preparing for activities like football and marching band. And Michelle Davison with the Local Red Cross Chapter says that means they'll be spending time outdoors in this extreme heat

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]]> http://710keel.com/keeping-kids-heat-safe/feed/ 0 Photo by gaglias/Flickr Not All Area Schools Are Back Open Today http://710keel.com/not-all-area-schools-are-back-open-today/ http://710keel.com/not-all-area-schools-are-back-open-today/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 09:36:51 +0000 James Stanley http://710keel.com/?p=5119 I spoke with Bienville Parish School’s Superintendent William Britt a little while ago and he informed me that there are still water issues at a couple of the schools.  Britt says Ringgold Elementary and Ringold High School (6th through 12th grade) are working through the water issues and that everything should be back to normal in time for school to resume tomorrow (Friday).

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]]> http://710keel.com/not-all-area-schools-are-back-open-today/feed/ 0 india.wood/Flickr BULLYING PREVENTION http://710keel.com/bullying-prevention/ http://710keel.com/bullying-prevention/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:17:23 +0000 John Lee http://710keel.com/?p=3360 Childhood Bullying is a growing concern both nationally and right here at home. That's why the Caddo School District has designated next week as Bullying Awareness Week.

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