CHARDON, Ohio — Three teenaged boys are being called heroes for taking action when their bus driver suffered a medical emergency while taking them to school.
“I’m at Auburn Road and Bartholomew Road and there’s a school bus driver in front of me either drunk or having a medical emergency,” a driver is heard saying during a call to 911.
Geauga County Sheriff Dan McClelland says Jeff Eippert, 15; Tyler Pirc, 15; and Mike Tutolo, 14 are life-savers. Read the rest of this entry »
State Lt. Governor John Garamendi is proposing an ambitious fast-track medical school at University of California-Merced in an effort to create more doctors for the San Joaquin Valley, one of the most physician-poor regions in the state.
In a combined college/MD program, entering freshmen could shave up to three years off the time it takes to become a doctor. The cost would be only slightly higher than that of attending a traditional UC, said Garamendi. Read the rest of this entry »
Can masks be worn at schools?
Teacher says mask is a medical necessity, but Joliet grade school district says no
JOLIET — Armed with his wife’s doctors’ notes and medical records, Roger McReynolds pleaded with the Joliet Grade School Board on Wednesday night to allow his wife to wear a respiratory mask while teaching.
“It’s not like I’m asking for the moon. Please do this for my wife,” he said.
By not allowing his wife to wear her Read the rest of this entry »
Thursday, October 02, 2008
KISSIMMEE, Fla. —
Health officials will inspect a central Florida high school after a student died of a bacterial infection that can’t be treated with many common antibiotics.
A letter was sent Wednesday to the parents of students attending Liberty High School in Kissimmee. The letter informed them of the loss of 18-year-old Alonzo Smith and included a fact sheet on methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus Read the rest of this entry »
Two people were arrested after the execution of a search warrant revealed they were selling drugs near an elementary school.
Charlotte County deputies say it was a reported incident in a nearby neighborhood that led to a search warrant at a Port Charlotte residence Thursday afternoon.
There, deputies with the Narcotics Unit had been involved an in ongoing investigation.
At approximately 2 p.m. Thursday afternoon, Charlotte County Sheriff’s Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court said Friday that it will review whether a strip search for prescription-strength Ibuprofen violated a 13-year-old student’s constitutional rights.
The justices said they will hear arguments in April in the case from Arizona. The court also will consider whether, even if it upholds an appeals court decision that the girl was subjected to an unconstitutional search, a school vice principal is financially liable Read the rest of this entry »
Nine fourth-grade students and two teachers at Harvard Elementary School were taken to a hospital this morning with headaches and nausea after elevated levels of carbon monoxide were found in their classroom, school officials said.
Inspectors are trying to determine why the carbon monoxide level was higher in one fourth-grade classroom at the school, said Lisa Kinney, a spokeswoman for the Houston Independent School District.
That classroom has Read the rest of this entry »
Thereâs no doubt about it â the dozen or so eighth-graders using the state-of-the-art fitness equipment at Mitchell Middle School one morning last week definitely were in âthe zoneâ as they jogged and pedaled to tunes from their Ipods, sweat dotting their brows and T-shirts.
The school introduced the fitness room and rows of cardio and strength-training equipment last fall with the help of a PEP (Physical Education Program) Read the rest of this entry »
Thu, Oct 23, 2008 (midnight)
The principal at Thurman White Middle School has decided to take fitness seriously at her school, ensuring the students are not only exposed to sports but also a gym atmosphere, for a more realistic look at fitness after graduation.
“We’re striving to educate the entire child,” Principal Danielle Miller said. “They’re not really allowed to go to gyms, so this helps get them get used to it.”
Since it opened in February, Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Many American children are not eating enough fruit and vegetables and their diet lacks key nutrients, according to a report released on Wednesday that focuses on school food programs as a way to help prevent long-term health problems.
School kids in the United States are getting too many calories from solid fats found in foods such as pizza and hamburgers, and sugars from candy and soda, said the report by the Institute of Read the rest of this entry »