Police are searching for a man accused of stealing from cars parked outside day cares as parents picked up their children. The first theft occurred on Nov. 27 around 4:15 p.m. outside the Goddard School on West Route 38 in Moorestown, New Jersey. Police say the unidentified suspect entered the school parking lot in a […]
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Union: Providence students are making false abuse accusations against teachers
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – The Providence Teachers Union is asking the city’s school department to change the way it handles allegations of abuse against students in order to prevent its members from being placed on administrative leave without reasonable cause. In a letter to Superintendent Chris Maher, the union claimed students have been “emboldened to […]
Crestview day care manager charged with child abuse
CRESTVIEW — A 58-year-old daycare manager was arrested on child abuse charges after repeatedly inflicting “nursemaid’s elbow” on a 2-year-old child, letting other children go unfed and slapping them on their heads. According to the Crestview Police Department, in Nov. 2016 Kimberly Ann Fowler, the general manager of Learning Tree Day School in Crestview, called […]
St. Louis Park Child Care Staffer Accused of Videotaping Two Children Striking Another Toddler
The Minnesota Department of Human Services has determined neglect occurred at a St. Louis Park child care center where a staff member was accused of taking cell phone video of two children allegedly hitting another toddler for 10 to 20 seconds before intervening. According to the investigation, that center – KinderCare Learning Center in St. […]
Day-care center, buildings evacuated after gas line break at Montgomery College
More than 1,000 staff and students at several buildings, including a day-care center, were evacuated Monday after a natural gas line broke at Montgomery College’s campus in Germantown, Md. No one was injured. The incident took place about 10 a.m. at a science building on the campus, where some construction was being done. Pete Piringer, […]
UH report: Not enough child care centers for infants, toddlers
Hawaii Island has a greater shortage of infant and toddler care options than anywhere else in the state, according to a report by the University of Hawaii Center on the Family. The report, released Thursday, shows licensed infant-toddler centers in Hilo have capacity for just one in every 60 children under 3. In Puna and […]
St. Paul’s School for Girls teacher arrested on sexual assault charges
A. St. Paul’s School for Girls teacher was arrested Friday and charged with the sexual assault of a student at the Pennington School, an independent school in New Jersey, according to police in Bucks County, Pa. Alyssia Marie Reddy, 28, was arrested in Baltimore County and charged with institutional sexual assault, unlawful contact with a […]
Mid-Michigan daycare abruptly shut down, parents scrambling to make plans
DEWITT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WILX) – Parents dropped their kids off at a Mid-Michigan daycare Friday only to find out the operation was shutting down by the end of business on the same day. New Beginnings Learn and Play daycare in Dewitt Township made the announcement, leaving many parents scrambling to try and figure out who […]
Wake County daycare owner and director both facing child abuse charges
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Two women have been arrested after physical child abuse was found at a Wake County day care center, Wake County officials said. The “physical child abuse” allegations were first received on Nov. 7 about Growing Well Child Care Center at 5601 Neuse Street, which is just outside Raleigh, the Wake County […]
Women charged with force-feeding 4-year-old at Raleigh child care
RALEIGH (WTVD) — The Wake County Sheriff’s Office says it has charged two women at the Growing Well Child Care Center in the 5-thousand block of Neuse Street just outside Raleigh. According to an arrest warrant, 69-year-old Shirley Staten – the owner – force-fed rice and water to a 4-year-old child causing “permanent or protracted […]