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Anonymous Instagram User Bullying Bucks County Students, Report Says
A Bucks County high school principal is warning parents about an unauthorized Instagram account taking photos of students and mocking them online, LevittownNow.com reports. Reggie Meadows, principal at Pennsbury High School in Fairless Hills, told parents and staff in a letter Wednesday, Dec. 21 that images and videos of students had been uploaded to a social media page that is not authorized by or affiliated with Pennsbury School District, the outlet wrote. Administrators were not immediately available for comment, and the district does not appear to have addressed the matter o…
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Philly Elementary School Locked Down After Student Found With Gun: Report
An elementary school in northeast Philadelphia was locked down on Tuesday, Dec. 20 after administrators learned that a student had a gun, according to a report from 6abc. Farrell Elementary School at 8300 Castor Avenue in the city's Rhawnhurst section went on lockdown at about 8 a.m., the outlet wrote. The student was located and taken into custody, the firearm was confiscated, and classes resumed as normal by 9:30 a.m., 6abc reported. Philadelphia School District does not appear to have acknowledged the incident on its official social media channels, and administrators w…
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'Cis White Male' Comments Lead To Montco School Board Member's Resignation
A school board member in Montgomery County resigned from her post Monday, Dec. 12 after her controversial comments in a board meeting made national headlines. In a meeting of the Upper Moreland School District board on Tuesday, Dec. 6 that was later uploaded to YouTube, member Jennifer Solot said she wouldn't back her colleague Greg D'Elia's bid for board director because she felt electing a "cis white male" would "send the wrong message." “I believe that Mr. D’Elia would make an excellent president,” said Solot, who was chairing the meeting as acting director before the members coul…
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PA Teacher, Former Court Clerk Nabbed For Allegedly Uploading Videos Of Child Porn: DA
A teacher and former court clerk allegedly uploaded videos and photos of children committing sex acts to social media, authorities say. 31-year-old Charles Allen Kirkland was charged by the Westmoreland County district attorney's office with five felony charges for child pornography, disseminating photos/films of child sex acts, and criminal use of a communication facility, according to court documents. Pennsylvania state police received a Cyber Tipline Report through the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children network of the activity being uploaded by a Go…
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Fake Gun Locks Down Delco High School; Student Arrested
A Delaware County high school was briefly locked down Thursday, Dec. 8 after administrators spotted a gun in a student's backpack that turned out to be fake. In a statement issued to parents and staff Thursday afternoon, Wallingford-Swarthmore School District Superintendent Wagner Marseille said staff at Strath Haven High School in Wallingford were informed that a student might have had a firearm in their bag. The school locked down at around 10:45 a.m. as Nether Providence police searched the building. They arrested a student after discovering a "replica handgun" in h…
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Threat Closes Central Pennsylvania Middle School
A threat at a middle school in central Pennsylvania has led officials to cancel cancels on Friday, Nov. 18. Conestoga Valley School District officials canceled classes at Gerald G. Huesken Middle School due to a "specific threat" made sometime on Thursday night, Superintendent Dave Zuilkoski wrote in a letter to parents. Details about the threat were not released and the school was only closed "in an abundance of caution," Zuilkoski said. The district has notified East Lampeter Township Police Department. "This threat has not yet been determined to be credible …
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Second College Student Found Dead In Central Pennsylvania Dorm
A York College Freshman who was found unresponsive died on Thursday, Nov. 17, authorities say. Ryan Heflin, of Norristown, was found in his residence hall Thursday afternoon and later pronounced dead, according to Richard Satterlee, dean of student development and campus life. His death is not considered suspicious, Satterlee says. Heflin had been majoring in sports media. You can read Satterlee's letter to the community below: It is with a heavy heart that I share with all of you the death of one of our students, Ryan Heflin. Ryan was found unresponsive in his residence hall…
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17-Year-Old Student Secretly Recorded Her Teachers In Lancaster County, Police Say
A 17-year-old girl allegedly secretly recorded her teachers, authorities say. The unnamed student supposedly made the recording of her teachers at Lancaster County Career & Technology Center at 1730 Hans Herr Dr, Willow Street in October. The student has been charged with third-degree felonies for interception, disclosure or use of wire, electronic or oral communications and criminal use of a communication facility, West Lampeter Township police setail in the release. She was arrested and formally charged on Nov. 15, according to the police release. Th…
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Minors Charged With Making Threats To Allentown Schools: Police
Criminal charges have been filed in connection with a string of violent threats aimed at Allentown schools, authorities announced. Without specifying how many were charged and if they were students, Allentown police Captain Kyle Pammer said in a release Tuesday, Nov. 15 that "several juveniles" have been charged with making terroristic threats. Allentown School District has experienced an unusual number of violent threats that disrupted classes in recent weeks. On Thursday, Nov. 10, Dieruff High School was locked down and then dismissed after administrators received warni…
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Central PA Football Player's Former Girlfriend Charged Months After Deadly Crash, Suicide
Investigation details and new charges have been released in the shocking deaths of two Conestoga Valley High School football players who died over the weekend of June 25. Tyler Zook, a 17-year-old Senior at Conestoga Valley High School from Lancaster, was the driver of the 2014 Hyundai Sante Fe; his girlfriend Amalie Wendt, an 18-year-old 2022 CV graduate from Ronks was the front-seat passenger; and Tyreese Smith, a 16-year-old CV Junior from Lancaster, was a rear-seat passenger when the group was going over 90 mph in 40 mph zone of the 500 block of Willow Road around 12:13 a.m., according t…
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Bomb Threat Closes Lehigh School For Third Day In A Row
For the third consecutive school day, classes at Lehigh Career and Technical Institute in Schnecksville were disrupted Tuesday, Nov. 15 due to a violent threat, administrators said in a post on the school website. Officials said the threat was reported just before 8:30 a.m., sending the school into lockdown. Pennsylvania State Police were already onsite due to similar threats that closed the school on Friday, Nov. 11 and Monday, Nov. 14, administrators said. Those threats were transmitted via the anonymous tipster app Safe2Say, both remain under criminal investigation by s…
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Philly High Schooler Arrested After Gun Found In Locker: Report
A Philadelphia high school student was detained after police found a firearm in their locker, according to a report by 6ABC. Authorities were searching a locker for drugs at Mastery Hardy Williams Charter School on Warrington Avenue in Kingsessing just after 9:30 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 14 when they spotted the gun, the outlet wrote. The school went into lockdown while officers swept the rest of the building, they added. The incident remains under investigation. Click here for the full story from 6ABC.
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