Substitute teacher assaults student

Krotz Spring, LA

A substitute teacher was arrested for allegedly assaulting a student in class.

After telling his class to study for a test, a student at Krotz Springs Elementary School informed the teacher he had studied at home.  At that point the substitute allegedly tore off the top of the student‘s desk, threw it across the room, and lifted the desk, with the student still in it, to his face.

The sheriff‘s department is investigatiing.

Phoned in threat prompts widespread lockdowns

Pasadena, CA

A man who called in a threat to shoot up schools then kill himself was arrested.

His call promted widespread school lockdowns in Monterey Park, Santa Monica and Los Angeles, including
East Los Angeles City College and Santa Monica College.

Indiana ISTEP+ testing faces cyber attack

West Lafayette, IN

ISTEP+ test vendor CTB/McGraw-Hill suffered a denial of service attack that hindered its ability to host state testing.

The issue was quickly resolved, and students were able to get back to testing.