Matt Campbell reports: Doyle Byrnes has every intention of resuming her nursing studies after a federal judge overturned her dismissal from the program for posting a photo of a human placenta on Facebook. The judge on Thursday shot down every argument, legal and otherwise, that Johnson County Community College had used to justify its ousting…
Category: Youth & Schools
Student Says College Had Her Committed for Seeking Help from Prying Roommates
Sarah Hull reports: A student claims Brooklyn College “forcibly” sent her to a mental hospital where she was held for 2 weeks against her will because she complained that there was a hidden camera in her bedroom – which was true. After her 2 weeks of forcible detention in a hospital, she says, the college refused…
Fountain Hills student-privacy case thrown out of federal court (updated)
Mary Beth Faller reports: A federal judge has dismissed claims filed by two former Fountain Hills High School students against the school district, sending the case back to Maricopa County Superior Court. On Dec. 17, U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow ruled he had no jurisdiction in the lawsuit filed by Marguerite T.M. Green and…
UK: Angus Council sought to collect samples of children’s DNA
Angus Council’s use of biometric systems continues to provoke a backlash, with one parent revealing the council asked to collect DNA samples from her child. Alliance councillor and education convener Peter Nield last week said there had been no opt-outs by parents unhappy about their children being fingerprinted for the library books and school meals systems. But the councillor’s…