BETHESDA, MD (WUSA9) – The Landon School in Bethesda, Maryland has notified parents, students and alumni of sexual abuse allegations against a former faculty member. In a letter addressed to the “Landon Community,” the all boys school wrote that it has heard from two Landon alumni who reported decades old stories of sexual abuse by […]
Author Archives: Childcare Compliance
Expert: Preschool kids expelled at rate 3 times higher than K-12 students
PHOENIX — Young children are being expelled from preschool and other child care services at a rate three times higher than K-12 students, according to an expert. The majority of children get expelled due to behavioral reasons and Dr. Walter S. Gilliam, a child development expert at Yale University, said often the preschool does not […]
Is there a solution to child care center’s closing?
Last week, the Herald-Dispatch reported on the abruptly announced closing of the new child care center at Tri-Valley. With Dec. 15 expected as the last day open, and parents of 28 children with no care options, a group of city, school and business representatives met with Tara Morrison, Tri-Valley Program Area Manager (through skype) on […]
Child care providers, educators working to “meet demand” in SLC
Dec 06, 2017 — Starting next fall, students at SUNY Canton will have a new major to pick from – one that’s meant to address a shortage of child care options for working parents. The new degree covers education and management, and it’s geared toward students who might want to open their own day care […]
Brooklyn families want to know why their children’s Pre-K keeps flooding
EAST NEW YORK — Lazaria Foreman says her four-year-old daughter’s Pre-K, Boulevard Nursery School on Linden Boulevard in East New York, has already flooded four times since September. “I want to know why. And it’s always a band-aid fix. We want a permanent solution so our classrooms aren’t under water,” said Foreman.
Fire breaks out at day care facility in Germantown section of Philadelphia
GERMANTOWN (WPVI) — Firefighters battled a small fire inside a day care facility in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. It broke out before 12 p.m. on Tuesday at the facility in the 5000 block of Germantown Avenue.
Knoxville gym daycare loses track of 2-year-old
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) – A mother had one of the scares of her life after her 2-year-old son was found roaming a busy parking lot, scared and unattended, at a popular East Tennessee gym. “It killed me,” Annabelle Sly said. “I have never been such a mess in my entire life.”
$1,500 worth of playground equipment stolen from preschool
LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. – Thieves took off with toys and playground equipment for children at the Learning Village Preschool in Lehigh Acres. The school’s director, Lisa Peters, said thieves took a 70-pound metal climbing structure, hula hoops, waffle blocks and a basketball hoop from the playground.
Toddler found walking out of east El Paso daycare
EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14) — A toddler was found walking outside of an east El Paso day care. Now, the day care’s leaders said they are taking more security measures to ensure it doesn’t happen again.
Preschool teacher under investigation for allegedly hitting student
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. – A Sandy Springs preschool teacher is under investigation for allegations she hit a student, and her employer is under investigation for allegedly failing to report the incident to the state Parent Ben Miller contacted Channel 2’s Mike Petchenik about the incident he said he witnessed at Primrose Sandy Springs on Roswell […]