TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — As a parent, when you send your children to school, you want them to be safe.
One Twin Falls father learned, however, that not only was his daughter attacked on campus but there was video evidence of the altercation.
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One evening in mid-October, Leslie Montgomery said her daughter received a barrage of emails to her school email account. Montgomery said her daughter— a seventh grader at the Christian private school Greenleaf Friends Academy — had been the subject of bullying by fellow students since enrolling in the school last year.
Idaho high school students reported less bullying, cigarette smoking and sexual activity in the State Department of Education’s biannual youth risk behavior survey. But teens reported increased e-cigarette use, feelings of hopelessness and suicidal thoughts.
About 2.5 million children in the U.S. currently are homeless, according to the National Center on Family Homelessness. That number is rising as house prices and rental costs continue to grow in cities large and small, and the trend is clearly visible in Boise — the fastest-growing city in the nation.
The district intends to be one of the first in Utah to have a full-time psychologist in each of its 36 elementary schools. Its school board approved the mental health initiative last month as part of a $710 million budget, which includes more staff and training for students at all of its schools, including 10 middle schools and eight high schools and technical schools.
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The U.S. Department of Education is hosting a webinar series to support educational settings in safely sustaining or returning to in-person instruction.
LAYTON, Utah (KUTV) — Davis County grade schoolers bullied, and later apologized to, a classmate teased for wearing a traditional Tongan wrap on a field trip to see the Utah Symphony. Teachers and the boy’s mother said they were pleased with the way to incident was handled.
PRICE, Utah (KUTV) — A cell phone video shows a 14-year-old girl getting hit and assaulted in the parking lot of Carbon High School; her grandmother wants to bring awareness to the situation.