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Principal Impersonated Teen on Facebook to Spy

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 09 May 2012 11:19:43 CDT

A Missouri high school principal resigned last week, one month after she was first accused of impersonating a student on Facebook so she could spy on students and parents online. The profile for "Suzy Harriston" claimed she was from Clayton; many of her 300 Facebook friends were from Clayton High...

Principal Jumps in Icy River to Save Autistic Boy

John Johnson — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:49:45 CST

The Union Leader of New Hampshire has a nice tale of humble heroism: A school principal jumped into the Cocheco River and rescued a 10-year-old autistic boy who had fallen through the ice. The boy had run away from a teacher and through nearby woods before walking onto the river's...

Student Held in Murder of Principal

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 01:20:00 CDT

A Tennessee student is in custody after his principal was found dead in a pool of blood in a classroom of their church school. The body of popular 49-year-old school head Suzette York was discovered by a teacher at the Seventh-Day Adventist Memphis Junior Academy. A 17-year-old student was still...

Principal Shot Dead at Calif. School

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 01:40:00 CST

A popular elementary school principal was fatally shot in his Northern California office yesterday and a janitor has been arrested in the attack. No children were hurt, but one student may have witnessed the shooting of Sam LaCara, 50, a married dad of three. The school janitor was busted at...

NY Gunman Surrenders in School Standoff

Harry Kimball — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:26:42 CST

A gunman holding an upstate New York school principal hostage has surrendered and is in custody, reports CNN . More than 100 police officers and a SWAT team negotiated with the gunman, who a local official said was a former student in his 40s. Pine Plains is located about 90 miles...

Family of Swine Flu Victim Suing NYC for $40M

Kevin Spak — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:29:11 CDT

The family of Mitchell Weiner, a Queens middle school assistant principal who died in May after contracting H1N1, is suing New York City for $40 million, arguing that it didn’t provide a safe workplace, the New York Daily News reports. They also contend that the city didn’t notify Weiner that...

NYC School Official Dies From Swine Flu

Ambreen Ali — Mon, 18 May 2009 02:17:34 CDT

An assistant principal in New York has become the sixth person to die from swine flu in the US, reports the New York Post . Mitchell Wiener, 55, fell ill more than week ago, but didn't seek medical help until his symptoms became severe, officials said. His school was shut last...

Accusations Rarely Fell LA's Tenured Teachers

Wesley Oliver — Sun, 03 May 2009 15:59:27 CDT

One Los Angeles high school teacher allegedly ridiculed a student for failing to commit suicide. Another kept a trove of pornography, marijuana, and cocaine at school. A third drank alcohol in front of students. None was fired, the Los Angeles Times reports in an investigation of a school district afraid...

Mass. Principal Under Fire for Touting Her Racy Novel

Ambreen Ali — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:31:20 CDT

A Boston-area grade school principal is on indefinite leave following complaints that she peddled her steamy romance novel on school grounds and reassigned a teacher who criticized her self-promoting ways, the Globe reports. Beth Gannon's self-published book, which follows an engaged woman who reconnects with a past lover, is "pretty...