It’s one of the great fears for parents, your child disappears from class and no one from the school notices. That’s exactly what happened for one Spokane mom. Her 5-year-old daughter, a kindergartner, walked away from her Sheridan Elementary classroom undetected by staff.
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Childcare worker arrested after young boy left in van for almost an hour
Monroe sheriff’s deputies arrested a Key Largo childcare worker after a 4-year-old boy in his care required hospitalization after being left in a hot van for almost an hour late last month. Kyle Lynch, 26, turned himself in to the sheriff’s office on Friday.
State cannot issue child care licenses for family detention centers, judgment finds
A judge issued a final judgment Friday to prevent the state from issuing a child care license for family detention centers, such as the 2,400-bed immigration detention center in Dilley or a 1,000-bed center in Karnes County, according to the Austin-based advocacy group Grassroots Leadership.
Illegal strip club busted next to daycare, church in DeKalb
DeKALB COUNTY, Ga. — An illegal strip club at a home in Dekalb County has been shut down by police. Several people were arrested and police said a lot of drugs were found in the home.
Illinois officials review child’s death at Chicago day care
CHICAGO (AP) — State officials are investigating the death of a 1-year-old boy at a north side Chicago home daycare. WMAQ-TV reports that officers were called at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday to a home daycare in the Rogers Park neighborhood for an unresponsive child.
Child care worker charged with leaving child in hot van
KEY LARGO — A worker at a child care facility accused of leaving a 4-year-old child in a van for 48 minutes was arrested Friday, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. Kyle Lynch, 26, of Key Largo was charged with unlawful desertion of a child.
Tennessee school bus crash leads to safety questions
Stu Cochrane, president of the Fort Dodge Community School District board, said it’s an issue that hasn’t often been discussed by the board, primarily because of the low rate of school bus-related incidents within the district.
Daycare van carrying 4 children involved in Richmond accident
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Richmond Police are investigating a two-vehicle accident involving a Richmond daycare van Monday morning. Authorities said a Friends Family Center daycare van had four children on board when the two vehicles crashed around 6:45 a.m. at the intersection of Brook Road and N.
Connecticut Receives Nearly $11.7 Million For Preschool Slots
HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Connecticut is receiving nearly $11.7 million in federal funds to expand high-quality preschool. Democratic Gov. Dannel P.
Parents of US teen who committed suicide sue school counsellor
Three weeks before 18-year-old Jay Gallagher took his own life, a worried friend who lived in Colorado sent an email to his school counsellor at Potomac Falls High in Potomac Falls, Virginia, telling the counsellor that Jay was saying things “with suicidal content,” according to a lawsuit filed in