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NEWS ABOUT: principal

principal stories: 7 news summaries

 NY Gunman 
 Surrenders in 
 School Standoff 

SWAT and local police negotiating with hostage-taker in Pine Plains

Nov 10, 09 9:26 AM CST
(Newser) - A gunman holding an upstate New York school principal hostage has surrendered and is in custody, reports CNN . More than 100 police officers and a SWAT team negotiated with the gunman, who a local official said was a former student in his 40s. Pine Plains is located about 90 miles... More »

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parents • school • student • gunman • New York state • hostage • principal • police action • SWAT team • parent

Family of Swine Flu Victim Suing NYC for $40M

Says city didn't provide a safe workplace for assistant principal

Aug 12, 09 9:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - The family of Mitchell Weiner, a Queens middle school assistant principal who died in May after contracting H1N1, is suing New York City for $40 million, arguing that it didn’t provide a safe workplace, the New York Daily News reports. They also contend that the city didn’t... More »

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New York City • lawsuit • public schools • Queens, New York • principal • swine flu • H1N1 virus

 NYC School Official 
 Dies From Swine Flu 

City faces new wave of crisis

May 18, 09 2:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - An assistant principal in New York has become the sixth person to die from swine flu in the US, reports the New York Post. Mitchell Wiener, 55, fell ill more than week ago, but didn't seek medical help until his symptoms became severe, officials said. His school was shut last... More »

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New York • death • Queens, New York • principal • swine flu • H1N1 virus • schools

INVESTIGATION

Accusations Rarely Fell
LA's Tenured Teachers

Review hearings costly, unreliable: principals

May 3, 09 3:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - One Los Angeles high school teacher allegedly ridiculed a student for failing to commit suicide. Another kept a trove of pornography, marijuana, and cocaine at school. A third drank alcohol in front of students. None was fired, the Los Angeles Times reports in an investigation of a school district afraid... More »

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Los Angeles • teachers' unions • principal • teachers • students

Mass. Principal Under Fire for Touting Her Racy Novel

She talked book up to schoolteacher, administrators

Apr 29, 09 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Boston-area grade school principal is on indefinite leave following complaints that she peddled her steamy romance novel on school grounds and reassigned a teacher who criticized her self-promoting ways, the Globe reports. Beth Gannon's self-published book, which follows an engaged woman who reconnects with a past lover, is "... More »

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Boston • punishment • romance • elementary school • novel • principal

 Texas School 
 Forced Teens 
 Into Cage Fights 

Students ordered to settle differences in bare-knuckle fights as others cheered

Mar 20, 09 2:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Employees at a Dallas high school forced troubled teens to settle their differences in bare-knuckle brawls inside a locker room cage while spectators cheered, says a report obtained by the Dallas Morning News. The principal of South Oak Cliff High at the time did nothing to stop the fights and... More »

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high school • Dallas • fight • principal • fistfight

Principal of 'Pregnancy Pact' High School Quits

Administrator says mayor, superintendent betrayed him

Aug 13, 08 11:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - The principal of the Massachusetts high school that gained infamy for an alleged pregnancy pact made by 17 students has resigned, the Boston Globe reports. The Gloucester High principal said the mayor "publicly slandered" him and insisted his interview with Time, which set off the controversy, was "direct,... More »

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resignation • Gloucester • teen pregnancy • principal • Joseph Sullivan • Carolyn Kirk • pregnancy pact

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