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.
For many young adults, college is a time full of excitement and exploration. However, this time can also be challenging for students' mental health. For this reason it’s important to know the common warning signs of mental health issues and the resources that are available to students for help.
After 350 students shared their concerns at a Tuesday forum, Providence College has formed a safety and security task force in response to a recent spate of violence in the neighborhood around campus.
Providence City Council members are pushing for schools to take a more holistic approach to teaching students, with a push for social and emotional support for students.
During the recession last decade, the University of Rhode Island (URI) lost $26 million in state support over a three-year period. That loss represented about a third of its state appropriation, posing a major threat to URI’s future. But the university used its budget crisis as a spur to revamp undergraduate education and focus on increasing student progress and graduation rates.
Five Points has had fewer issues with underage drinking and related problems since numerous bars began operating under tighter rules, Columbia police say. During the recent school year, there were fewer citations for underage drinking and fewer trips to the hospital for University of South Carolina first-year students, according to the police and university.
University of South Carolina President Bob Caslen announced several new steps the school will take in addressing cases of sexual assault and harassment on campus, two days after The State published a story Friday reporting that 10 women have alleged since 2017 that the school failed to effectively respond to claims of sexual harassment. The paper examined those allegations through court records, interviews and internal USC documents.