Parents are making choices about whether to send their kids to school with a mask or not as COVID-19 cases rise, and it could lead to another challenge: bullying.
SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. — One week after a Seminole High School student was shot on campus, district officials are vowing to make schools safer for students, according to a message Seminole County Public Schools Superintendent Serita Beamon sent to families last night.
Palm Beach County schools are delivering five hours of mental health education to all middle and high schoolers, but the rollout isn’t without bumps. Teachers have some concerns.
Despair, rage, and calls for help are coming from teenagers in Florida. Some are emotionally disturbed while others are obsessed with death or holding grudges. Even more disturbing—many of these young people have easy access to guns. Finding the coordinated care needed to address these mental health issues is often difficult. Lack of access to health insurance is partly to blame. So is the stigma around mental health issues.
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.
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.