The Tallulah Police Department says a little 3-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed himself after finding a loaded handgun in a home. Michelle Southern has that…:
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Public school teachers continue to retire at a higher number compared to what seen just only a few years ago. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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The Tallulah Police Department says a little 3-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed himself after finding a loaded handgun in a home. Spokeswoman Yvonne Lewis says emergency personnel got the call around 4:10 Monday afternoon..:
CUT 3 (10) “die from the injury”
Lewis says the mother left the home for about 3 to five minutes to get the kids something to drink at a store nearby and when she returned the child had already found the gun and shot himself…:
Lewis says investigators did a test on the child and learned that the 3-year-old did in fact shoot himself. She said they believe this really was just a tragic accident. Lewis says the mother lived very close to a grocery store and was gone only a short amount of time.:
CUT 5 (11) “like this to happen”
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According to officials, two students from Central High had to be removed from class and sent to the hospital Monday after having bad reaction to synthetic marijuana they smoked at school. Superintendent Michael Faulk says the teachers reported something just wasn’t right with the two boys in the classroom…:
Faulk says the students, aged 17 and 18, were rushed to the emergency room for treatment then began an investigation…:
Faulk says according to school policy each student will be automatically expelled. He says after the students were sent to the hospital, school officials told the school resource officer what had happened…:(Faulk says the case is now in the hands of the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s office.)
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Louisiana schools are still seeing a higher number of teachers retiring compared to what they saw three years ago. Nearly three-thousand K-through-12th grade teachers retired during the fiscal year that ended June 30th. Scott Richard, director of the Louisiana School Board Association, blames it on the turmoil that’s ongoing in public education
Richard says legislation recently passed makes it more difficult for educators to achieve tenure. He says there’s also been policy changes that have created a public dispute between state leaders and it has caused anxiety among teachers….
He says the higher than normal number of retirements is causing problems for school districts when it comes to finding math and special education teachers. Richard says if there wasn’t so much uncertainty with Common Core and changes to how teachers are evaluated, many recently retired teachers would still be teaching….
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The state Board of Regents releases a report showing students at colleges are more vulnerable when it comes to sexual assault because there is no statewide policy in place for handling such allegations. New Orleans Senator JP Morrell requested the report. He says no two Louisiana colleges have the same guidelines for handling sexual assault accusations…:
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Morrell says Louisiana needs to establish a benchmark that all colleges must meet when it comes to the way sexual assault claims are handled…:
CUT 13 (08) “should be required”
Morrell says alleged college student victims need to all feel comfortable reporting any potential sexual assault which is why specific steps should be followed in the investigation process. He says LSU-Baton Rouge indicated they’ve only had 22 reports of sexual abuse over a five year period…: