A former high school teacher in Marshalltown will serve two weeks in jail and a year probation for soliciting sexual contact from a student. Mark Esquivel, 27, was a high school physical education teacher and coach when he was arrested on June 30, 2021. He was alleged to have solicited……
#parent | #kids | Houston school shooting scare: Anxious Heights parents exhale | #schoolshooting

The mother knew her daughter was fine — she had spoken with the sophomore student on FaceTime as she sped to school from work. Still, she could not shake a horrible feeling, and her frustration bubbled over as she heard conflicting information from parents and officers about where she should go……
#parent | #kids | #cyberbullying | #cyberbully | Seattle schools sue tech giants over social media harm

SEATTLE (AP) —The public school district in Seattle has filed a novel lawsuit against the tech giants behind TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat, seeking to hold them accountable for the mental health crisis among youth. Seattle Public Schools filed the lawsuit Friday in U.S. District Court. The 91-page complaint……
#parent | #kids | #minorsextrafficking | Rural Latinx violence survivors face barriers

By Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven People living in rural, urban and suburban areas all experience domestic violence at similar rates — a fact that’s reflected in data and in research. Though it’s not a perfect metric, the number of calls to domestic violence hotlines provides some sense of the problem in North……
#parent | #kids | Disease Reporting & Animal Bite Reporting | #coronavirus | #kids. | #children | #schools

Contact Us! Newport 24/7 Disease Reporting Telephone: (541) 265-4112 Fax 541-265-4191 Reporting Animal Bites ATTENTION Providers: All animal bites are reportable in Lincoln County. Please see the Fillable Animal Bite Reporting Form and complete all parts of the form. Fax same day to Lincoln County Health and Human Services (ALL animal bites) 541-574-6252…….
#parent | #kids | Mystery white car seen near Idaho murder scene hours after killings | #College. | #Students

Newly reviewed video in the University of Idaho murder case could support investigators’ belief that the murder suspect returned to the crime scene in his white sedan soon after he allegedly killed four students. Bryan Kohberger’s phone pinged in the area of the students’ Moscow home around 9 a.m. on……
#parent | #kids | Kenya Moore Opens Up About Co-Parenting Difficulties With Estranged Husband, Marc Daly | #parenting

Fans of The Real Housewives of Atlanta were thrilled when Kenya Moore’s longtime dream of becoming a mother came true. She gave birth to her daughter Brooklyn in 2018. Unfortunately, her happily ever after with Brooklyn’s father, Marc Daly, didn’t last. The two are in the process of a divorce,……
#parent | #kids | Conservative groups end ballot bids for private school scholarship, voting laws | #Education

Petitions for voter-initiated laws seeking to create stricter voter identification rules and a tax-incentivized scholarship fund that could be used for private schools were withdrawn from consideration at the end of December. The DeVos-backed Let MI Kids Learn initiative was withdrawn from the Bureau of Elections on Dec. 28 after……
#parent | #kids | Where can a mom find advice and connection off social media? | #parenting

Whether you’re looking for friendship or helpful tips and tricks, here are some good alternatives to social media mom groups. If you’ve spent a little time on social media mom groups, you know that these groups can quickly become negative. A lot of people take parenting decisions so personally that……
#parent | #kids | Chief Officer Herring to Give MLK Day Address | #College. | #Students

The Wabash College Malcolm X Institute of Black Studies (MXIBS) presents speaker Karrah Herring, Indiana’s chief equity, inclusion, and opportunity officer, whose upcoming talk will highlight a day commemorating the life and leadership of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The address will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 16,……