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Lawsuit raises question of who is responsible for school security when a private management firm runs a public school.

University of Scranton says planned dance club and bar is too close to campus

In the Clinton County (Mo.) district 40 miles north of Kansas City, some parents are upset about the district’s plan to use a finger-scanning system to keep track of students’ lunch accounts, The St. Joseph News-Press says. Officials say the biometric system will be more efficient and eliminate the problem of students losing their […]

Last week, St. Xavier University in Chicago and Oakland University in Auburn, Hills, Mich., closed their campuses for a few days in the wake of graffiti found on each campus that threatened violence. (See Chicago Tribune article and Detroit Free Press article)
In light of the incidents, The Tribune reports, campus security experts were debating whether […]

High school students in Chicago can get a reduced-fare transit card so they can ride the Chicago Transit Authority trains and buses to and from school at a bargain rate. Now, The Chicago Tribune says, Chicago public school officials are looking into the possibility of using smart-card technology so they can track the […]

Most college campuses do not allow students to carry firearms, but a group called Students for Concealed Carry on Campus (SCCC), thinks concealed-carry permit holders should be able to bring weapons onto their campuses to defend themselves and their classmates against a deranged killer, The Philadelphia Inquirer says.
Do you think this would be a good […]

School district employees in Texas have begun submitting their fingerprints as part of a new state law that requires them to undergo national criminal background checks.

Gunman kills 6 and wounds 15 in Northern Illinois University lecture hall before taking his own life

Prankster breaks into high school and lets 85 chickens loose