Ax falls on anti-bullying funds
SPRINGFIELD Less than a year after launching a million-dollar program to combat bullying in Illinois schools, the governor axed all funding for it, potentially leaving local schools and police departments to fend for themselves.
At parents’ request, Westport schools put on program on bullying
Computers and the Internet have provided more ways for bullies to bully other children, but the old-fashioned kind of bullying, either teasing or through physical means, is also increasingly worrisome for parents and schools.
EPS board fires teacher
A career teacher accused of mental and physical abuse and moral turpitude was fired by Enid Board of Education members Monday.
Hamilton School Board election is April 17
Incumbent Mark Menn is running for the Hamilton School Board for one of two seats inside Montebello Township. Other candidates running for those two seats are Dr. David Sadeghi and Jerrod Leffler. This week’s Hamilton page feature profiles provided by Menn and Sadeghi.
$500M to fight obestity in kids
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation said Wednesday in Newark it would spend $500 million over the next five years to combat an “epidemic” of childhood obesity.
Rally supports anti-bullying bill
State Senator Glenn Anderson — a longtime proponent to fight bullying in schools — joined Gov. Jennifer Granholm and hundreds of parents, educators, and children who united Thursday at the Capitol to support Matt’s Safe School Law.
