(KSNV/NBC News) — Nevada’s Clark County School District is investigating reports of a game played inside a kindergarten class that they say “featured racial implications.” The game, played at Lewis E. Rowe Elementary in Las Vegas, was styled after “Duck Duck Goose” and reportedly involved setting up one person as a slave and another as […]
Misconduct
Pennsylvania school calls the cops on Down syndrome kindergartener over finger gesture
This story dates back to last year but it only just made it over the transom and into my inbox this week. It takes place in Tredyffrin Township in Pennsylvania, a short way from Philadelphia. At the Tredyffrin-Easttown School District’s Valley Forge Elementary School, they ran into a “problem” with a six-year-old kindergarten student named […]
Albany teens admit to role in July shooting outside daycare
Two teenagers from Albany have pleaded guilty to weapons possession in connection with a shooting outside a daycare center. Last July, Bahkee Green and his co-defendant – who is not being identified fired a pistol in the area of Teunis Street and Third Avenue in Albany. Bullets traveled through the wall of the daycare center, striking […]
State shuts down Allegan County daycare amid abuse allegations
OTSEGO — State officials have ordered an Allegan County daycare center to shut down. Earlier this month, the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs says it began investigating the group child care home on Earl Street in Otsego. On Feb. 5, operator Nancy Xenos allegedly got upset when a child wouldn’t lay still on […]
Trial date set for former Killeen kindergarten teacher accused of child sex felony
A former kindergarten teacher at the Killeen Independent School District will have his day in court this summer as he faces a child sex felony. The case of Leonardo Casias, 66, has been set for a jury trial on July 20, according to the 27th Judicial District Court coordinator’s office on Tuesday. He has been […]
Three-year-old boy found dead on a bus near Cairns
A three-year-old boy has been found dead on a bus in Queensland. The boy was found at about 3.15 pm in a minibus parked out the front of a school in Edmonton, south of Cairns. Police said it was believed the boy was being taken to a daycare center and was discovered by the driver of […]
Police: Tallahassee daycare workers seen pulling child by hair, holding child upside down
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.(WTXL) — Two daycare workers at Brilliant Minds Daycare in Tallahassee have been arrested after investigators say one was caught on camera abusing several small children while the other did nothing to stop her. According to court documents, Tallahassee Police responded to a delayed report of child abuse on Feb. 5. Police say a […]
13-month-old Florida boy found dead after nap at daycare died from stomach flu, medical examiner says
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (WTLV) – The Office of the Medical Examiner in Jacksonville has ruled that the death of a 13-month-old boy at a daycare center back in November was of natural causes. The toddler was found unresponsive following a nap at Happy Acre Ranch on Nov. 16, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. According to the […]
[35-year-old daycare attendant sexually assaults toddler]
A 35-year-old daycare worker, Veronica Vincent, was on Monday tried in a Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos, for allegedly defiling a 21-month-old toddler in her care. Vincent was charged with two counts of sexual assault and she pleaded not guilty. The Police Prosecutor, O.A Bajulaiye-Bishi, told the court that Vincent allegedly committed the offense […]
Daycare worker in court for allegedly defiling 21-month-old toddler
A 35-year-old daycare worker, Veronica Vincent, on Monday appeared in a Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos, for allegedly defiling a 21-month-old toddler in her care. The police charged Vincent with two counts of sexual assault and she pleaded not guilty. The Police Prosecutor, O.A Bajulaiye-Bishi, alleged that Vincent committed the offense on Feb. 12, […]