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Women say teacher put liquid soap in sons’ mouths for talking too much
A pair of Union County boys told their mothers their teacher put liquid hand soap in their mouths for talking too much. Now, police are investigating the incident. “They did it like this,” said 6-year-old Hasan Dubose and 5-year old Askaree Wells, motioning with their hands how soap was put ...
Mothers say exercise is being used as punishment at local school
Three Charlotte mothers are asking if exercise should be used as punishment. They turned to Channel 9 after their children said a teacher made the class walk or run laps during recess for misbehaving. Jennifer Scarrow has daughters in first and third grade at Highland Creek Elementary School in north ...
Bill would give money to recruit, keep professors as tuition increases
Summer classes are under way at UNC Charlotte. At a nearby bookstore, students like Robert Cochrine were trying to save money where they could. "I pay my own tuition," Cochrine said. He was surprised when he was told about a bill in the General Assembly that would give the university ...
Teacher suspended after debate over ‘disrespecting’ the president
A teacher has been suspended after yelling at a student in her classroom. The whole thing was caught on a cell phone and posted to YouTube. The video at the center of the debate appears to have been shot in a classroom at North Rowan High School with a cell ...
Mother takes disabled son out of school after hearing recording of teachers
Amy Oster knew something was wrong. In May, she began noticing erratic changes in her son Andrew's behavior when he went to school at Rock Rest Elementary in Monroe. The 4-and-a-half-year-old has multiple disabilities and can't speak. So Oster took a chance. "I armed him with a digital recorder," she ...
CMS announces Eric Tornfelt as Teacher of the Year
Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools has named Eric H. Tornfelt as the 2012 Teacher of the Year and Cindy Corwin as Teacher Assistant of the Year. The announcement was made inside the theatre at Carowinds Theme Park on Sunday. In 2011, Tornfelt founded Mallard Creek High’s Summer Mentoring Program, which he sees as one ...
250-pound burgled bobcat found on field of rival SC high school
That 250-pound bobcat statue swiped from Bluffton High School turned up on the football field of rival Hilton Head High in what appears to be a kidnapping by pranksters. Authorities say the bobcat mascot was found Thursday, the same day the pranksters released a video showing a masked youngster holding ...
No rape charges against 2 ASU football players, D.A. says
The Watauga County District Attorney will not be filing charges against two Appalachian State football players that were accused of rape. Students at the school protested the school’s response to reports of two sexual assaults involving the same two players in March. The accusers said the incidents happened in the ...
EPA gives all clear at site of mercury spill in school
The Environmental Protection Agency has given the all clear at an elementary school in Lenoir where a fifth grader spilled mercury. School officials said the students would have to go to school Saturday to make up for the missed day. They canceled classed on Thursday after EPA crews said it ...
CMS still wants more from county budget proposal
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools leaders said they will continue to fight for extra county money. At the Board of County Commissioners meeting Tuesday night, the county manager recommended giving CMS an extra $9 million, which is roughly one-third of what the district was requesting. School Board Chair Ericka Ellis-Stewart said the $9 ...
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