“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”-George Orwell (aka Eric Arthur Blair)
Disappearing Students Syndrome (DSS): A phrase created by me to describe a phenomenon taking place across the United States, affecting both privately and publicly funded schools, from Kindergarten all the way through University levels.
Incomplete (Tip-o-the-Iceberg) list of publicly announced education related layoffs, shutdowns and crimes, June 2018:
ALASKA: No incumbents seeking reelection to Fairbanks school board
Fairbanks school bus contractor on road to improvement
Students take hunting challenge
ALABAMA: Locker room attack victim calls for firing of Davidson coach
School board approves Baldwin County dress code changes
Teaching offer rescinded for Limestone County superintendent’s daughter
ARIZONA: Organizers of education funding initiative defend taxing Arizona’s wealthiest
Arizona to use VW settlement money for new diesel powered school buses
Arizona Summit Law School on verge of losing American Bar Association accreditation
State education board votes to put over-budget Phoenix school district into receivership
Poverty is so bad that…Tucson-area schools, centers offering free meals… and …Back to School Clothing Drive supports classrooms
School districts release teacher pay info
ARKANSAS: Safety panel backs arming Arkansas school staffers
Rules to accredit Arkansas schools revised
State places school district on probation
Arkansas Teacher Salary Falls Three Notches
North Little Rock school exec to get $213000 to resign
Arkansas No. 1 in percentage of students at risk
CALIFORNIA: U.S. Education Department opens investigation into USC after gynecologist scandal
Acclaimed UC Irvine geneticist resigns due to sexual harassment
High opt-out rates on state exam continue to frustrate school district
California Will Be Fourth State to Sue Over Student Loans
COLORADO: After 47 years god’s own alternative school La Academia shutting down in Denver due to The Rapture, although they’re actually blaming it on competition from other schools.
Colorado Springs charter school on brink of closing stymied by D-11
Colorado approves $447 million in school construction
Colorado Dept. of Education worker sentenced to 12 years for ‘upskirt’ photos, videos
Board of Education rejects proposal to have students discuss gun benefits
Four Colorado Springs-area school projects benefit from marijuana-funded grants
CONNECTICUT: New Haven Public Schools issued 1-thousand-1-hundred layoff notices, due to a sudden budget reduction of $5-million USD as a result of state taxpayer funding cuts! Washington based online used book seller Thrift Books Global issued a shutdown WARN for its Windsor Locks location, 54 jobs gone by July.
School safety bill vetoed by the governor
Region 10 School District to Arm Security Guards
Student arrested for East Hartford High School social media threat
Coach Resigned, 2 Teachers on Leave Amid Investigation
Torrington Superintendent Resigns Amid Allegations of Neglect
Nearly $1 million was stolen from Connecticut Higher Education Trust
Ansonia’s mayor blames superintendent, board for school budget crisis
Ansonia and Derby Consider Merging School Districts
Windsor Lock revising grading system after backlash
Plainfield Mom Furious After Son Gets ‘ADD Award’
School Districts Struggle To Comply With New Student Data Privacy Law
DELAWARE: Delaware Backs Down on Letting Students Self-Identify Race, Gender
Sussex Tech School Board facing calls to resign
Teacher Faces Sentencing on Child Sex Charge
FLORIDA: new home for Troops to Teachers program
Duval schools continue to lag in state reading, math
Florida Education Association employee arrested for shoplifting
GEORGIA: DeKalb schools sue to block Atlanta annexation
Georgia universities seek more rural students
Dying teacher’s request: Backpacks filled with school supplies
Kroger to give school supplies to GA teachers
Teacher pension funding behind cost increase for local taxpayers
State taxpayer funding for Georgia teachers’ pension should begin to ease
State to hire construction managers for 4 taxpayer funded university projects that will cost at least $104-million
Richmond County schools are failing, state taxpayer funded Department of Education taking over
GUAM: Island paradise is short 300 teachers!
10 simple steps to become a University of Guam student
Election complaint names GDOE superintendent
HAWAII: 84% of teachers choosing to leave Hawaii
Hawaii Will Pay $10.25 Million To Settle Special Education Lawsuit
Hawaii Schools fail To Address Bullying
Hawaii Farm to School program gets $100000 in federal tax funding
IDAHO: The state Board of Education approved an alcohol permit for home games at University of Idaho.
Taxpayers funding the largest Summer school for immigrants yet (200 students) in Minidoka County
Test results show Idaho student SAT scores dropped
Idaho Latinos least likely to have college degrees
For some reason ‘holocaust’ education is being forced upon grade school students.
Moscow School District ramps up vaccination rates.
District 93’s Special Education Program Struggles to Keep Up
Idaho Teacher Accused of Feeding live Puppy to Turtle Charged With Animal Cruelty
Idaho school office dig fails to find body of missing woman
U.S. News & World Report: Idaho has the highest rate per capita of child marriage in the United States.
ILLINOIS: Western Illinois University suddenly laid off 24 people with only two days notice, and 62 vacant positions will not be filled, due to crashing enrollments (DSS). God powerless to stop ‘his’ DePaul University from suddenly eliminating 62 jobs due to The Rapture, I mean DSS. In 2012 the university had more than 16-thousand undergraduates, by 2017 undergraduates dropped to 14,816. The Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago issued a shutdown WARN, 155 jobs gone by Xmas!
Six-Figure Illinois Educators Cost Taxpayers $3.7 Billion
Teachers take gun class at Farmer City
‘No way in hell’: School board member accused of using racism to ban books
Illinois Among Biggest Spenders For Higher Education
School leaders worry about cost of mandated pay raises for teachers
INDIANA: Carmel Clay Schools spending taxpayer money on rebuilding/relocating two elementary schools despite their own 2016 survey results showing enrollments declining by 4-hundred by 2020 and by 9-hundred by 2026! The global dairy collapse hitting even Andrews University, which decided to shutdown its 111 years old dairy school in 2019. The shutdown will not only affect students and employees, but 1-thousand-2-hundred cows: “In the last two to three years, we have lost between $750,000 and $900,000 a year!”-Stephen Payne, VP of integrated marketing & communication
More Indiana children living in poverty but state rates well in education
Teacher pay in Indiana continues its downward slide
teacher resigns over transgender name policy
middle school math teacher shortage
Court rules Police officers working in Indiana schools must advise students of their Rights!
IOWA: Educational assessment company Pearson-ACT shutting down its Iowa City location, which will result in more than 2-hundred jobs lost by Xmas! Company execs blame it on increasing numbers of people deciding not to go on to college/university. God’s own Cedar Valley Catholic Schools warning it might have to shutdown three elementary schools due to deterioration of the buildings and The Rapture, I mean crashing enrollments. Alternative plans are being discussed.
Mystery complaint against multiple school boards over special education: “We’re not even really sure what it is about.”-Becky Wichers, Muscatine School Board
KANSAS: Atchison school may close amid debts
Kansas Supreme Court: School funding is inadequate
Kansas Supreme Court upholds repeal of teacher tenure rights
Schools hold job fair as vacancies grow
Regents approve tuition and fee increases for state universities
Inside Wichita State’s latest tuition increase
Kansas teacher gets probation in student sex case
Kansas school official accused in sex messages case
KENTUCKY: Kentucky’s new school vaccination laws
State board of education OKs Bible literacy standards
High school student fools Trump fans
College and University admission standards changed
school districts get creative as teacher candidate pool dwindles
Two juveniles arrested for middle school burglary
LOUISIANA: Tuition-free college? Louisiana teachers will be eligible
Lack of diversity among teaching staff
15 new Louisiana education laws parents should know about
LSU students to see another fee increase to help with pay raises
MAINE: School District to Remove Native American Imagery
Boy Drowned at State Park During school Field Trip
School Bus Driver Took Upskirt Photos of Students
Running Back Held Without Bail in Classmate’s Death
MARYLAND: MS-13 threatens a middle school, warn teachers
Prince George’s high school officials accused of boozing on the job
Transgender teen gets ‘permanent’ access to boys’ locker room
Nearly 1 in 5 Maryland students is chronically absent.
School Bus Aide Accused of Choking 7-Year-Old Boy
More than 32000 tickets issued to drivers for illegally passing stopped school buses
MASSACHUSETTS: By the end of the month Dighton-Rehoboth Regional School District notified 84 people they were being rendered jobless, school officials are hoping cash strapped voters will approve additional tax spending in July.
“Lockdown, lockdown”: kindergarten uses Police State nursery rhyme to teach shooting response
High School Apologizes After Nazi Quote Is Printed
Hispanic population rapidly increases
Asbestos found at Healy School
MICHIGAN: God powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ Saint Mary School in Mount Morris due to The Rapture, I mean declining enrollment, declining church attendance, rising costs and more families seeking tuition assistance. Dream Center Education Holdings issued a shutdown WARN for its The Art Institute of Michigan, 114 jobs gone in August!
University of Michigan to raise in-state tuition by 2.9 percent
MSU expands sexual misconduct workgroup
teen sentenced in mass school shooting plot
Parents pull elementary students from school because of hit list
U.S. weighs in against University of Michigan bullying policy
MSU’s bond debt to jump because of Nassar case
Detroit-area high school raises nearly $150k to help homeless
MINNESOTA: Minnesota high school grad rate ranks 35th in U.S.
Saint Paul schools fail to meet state law on teaching the arts
1700 reading, math tutors sought for Minnesota schools
school district tussle over girl’s need for special ed
MISSISSIPPI: 2-thousand vacant education jobs
lottery announced for special needs scholarship program
teacher facing allegations of ‘improper conduct’ with student
32 arrested in online sex crimes against kids
executive order to establish School Safety Task Force
MISSOURI: University of Missouri suddenly laid off 30 people due to a shortfall of $45-million USD, a total of 185 jobs will be killed, one local news media source called the situation “chaos”! Lindenwood University revealed that it had laid off 17 people in May. God’s own Fontbonne University suddenly laid off 27 of its employees, due to The Rapture, I mean enrollment is down to just 1,375 students.
KCU begins construction of ‘future-proof’ $33M simulation center
Medical student accuses UMKC of racketeering, fraud
Missouri Southern faces a $1.1 million fine for tuition hike
coach’s lawsuit alleges racial discrimination
Eight northeast schools fail bus inspections
School shooting training at O’Fallon
MONTANA: Missoula school cop accidentally fired gun
Gun found at Sentinel High School, 2 boys shot
Helena teacher says school cop shooter drill caused hearing loss
Billings teacher terminated following misconduct investigation
schools begin carrying drug to reverse overdose
Roosevelt Elementary School closed
school food truck serves free meals all summer long
NEBRASKA: State will intervene at Schuyler Central High School
Nebraska to implement ‘good behavior game‘
Taxpayers to spend $420000 on consultants for troubled schools
Property taxes remain high due to school funding
School bus crashes into utility substation
State Board of Education revokes license of substitute teacher
NEVADA: CCSD cuts electives due to lack of funding
CCSD budget reductions result in loss of 563 jobs!
Controversy erupts because of 2005 sex offender amendment
Solar panels help local school buy laptops
Questions raised about marijuana revenues for education
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Students Caught Sending Nude Pics
state’s role in bullying cases limited by current law
student behavioral issues escalating
$10M more approved to ‘harden’ NH schools
NEW JERSEY: School Didn’t Do Enough to Stop Her Suicide
school superintendent caught crapping in public, multiple times!
School District Mandates Clear Backpacks
Upper Freehold School District put on lockdown
Parents infuriated after short notice of christian school closing, especially after they paid more in tuition to keep it open
NEW MEXICO: APS submits plan for failing Hawthorne school
Parents fail to attend school choice expo for Hawthorne
La Resolana Leadership Academy’s charter is not renewed
SFPS finds state taxpayer funding for school security not worth it
Albuquerque Public Schools increases pay for employees
Taxpayers fund border-crossing students
superintendent accused of faking credentials
New Mexico ranks last in child well-being
NEW YORK: Van Trans-Attendant lost its taxpayer funded contract with state Department of Education, 333 jobs lost by September! Taxpayer funded Cardinal McCloskey Community Services shutting down its Head Start Programs due to losing the federal contract, 202 jobs affected by July! Center for Family Support issued a shutdown WARN for its NYC ops, 80 jobs gone by September. God’s own Saint John Villa Academy issued a shutdown WARN, 71 jobs gone by the end of August. Lifeline Center for Child Development issued a shutdown WARN for its Queens-NYC pre-school, 41 jobs gone by the end of August. ‘Global learning company’ Channel One-Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company issued a shutdown WARN, 28 NYC jobs gone by the end of September.
NYC Spent $136 Million on temporary Teachers
What’s Going On With New York’s Elite Public High Schools?
Elite Girls’ Schools Admitting Transgender students
NORTH CAROLINA: After 117 years (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) King’s College shutting down when the 2018-19 school year is done, administrators say their own studies show that what I call DSS will only get worse.
40 state education staffers laid off, 21 vacant positions eliminated
Good test scores but too much Bible
private school voucher millions still lack accountability
teacher among 3 charged with child sex offense
Class size and hunger top two problems for grade students
NORTH DAKOTA: teacher facing 3 new sex assault charges
Fargo teacher accused of bullying will be back in school
kindergarten teacher appealing life without parole sentence
pilot shortage takes a toll on UND
OHIO: Taxpayer ‘sponsored’ (but independently operated) Phoenix Academy suddenly shutdown its alternative high school campus in Toledo, blaming lack of money. GC Services warning that it could lose its taxpayer funded U.S. Department of Education contract, 123 jobs gone by August!
Taxpayer funded schools lose more than $24 million tax dollars to the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow charter school
Summer schools now about feeding hungry children
Hamilton City School District arming school staff in response to complaints about security
State Bureau of Workers’ Compensation giving schools $8-million tax dollars for school security
Deficit-ridden Niles schools back under state watch
Sex abuse inquiry on Ohio State doc now includes high school
OKLAHOMA: University of Oklahoma warning of mass layoffs, claiming it lost $15-million USD to escalating operating costs.
tuition increase at Oklahoma State University
State Supreme Court Voids Challenge To Teacher Pay Tax
Troops To Teachers Program Looking To Ease Oklahoma Teacher Shortage
‘We are in a teaching crisis in this state’
OREGON: Sate Department of Education creates 3rd Gender Option
School’s out for summer, but free meals for low income students are still on
Marcola teacher files complaint with state alleging ‘racist’ mascot
Taxpayer funded Eugene teachers knelt during national anthem
Students and parents bully bus driver, then they lie about it on social media!
PENNSYLVANIA: plan to ax school property taxes is misleading
Most school districts plan tax increases
State overwhelmed with tracking charter school taxpayer funding
All newborns will get a $100 investment scholarship for college
students given bulletproof backpacks for starting high school
Freshman student stabbed at Pennsylvania high school
school districts implementing trauma kits in classrooms
PUERTO RICO: A quarter of Puerto Rico’s schools are shutting down
Judge blocks closure of nine schools
It seems that many school districts along the east coast of the United States have been taking in hurricane refugee students from Puerto Rico, as a way to shore up their declining student enrollments. The result is that Puerto Rico is shutting down schools due to lack of students.
RHODE ISLAND: Legal counsel Attorney for state Dept. of Education not a member of state Bar
teacher absenteeism rate third-highest in nation
SOUTH DAKOTA: South Dakota teachers rank 30th in buying power nationally
educational cooperative business employee charged in a financial misconduct scheme
More than half of South Dakota communities losing population
TENNESSEE: Meharry Medical College suddenly laid off 55 employees.
Tennessee law says anybody entering school, including colleges and universities, must be vaccinated
Benefits for Hamilton County Schools retirees delayed
Hamilton County Schools investigating state data leak
Five years later Achievement School District fails to improve
Parents dealing with growing wait lists for Pre-K programs
Metro Schools teacher arrested for meth use
Balmoral Ridgeway Elementary School PTO president charged with theft
Bledsoe County school district accused of racism
two Blount County Schools teachers lose their license to teach
TEXAS: Huntsville Memorial eliminating its Joe G. Davis School of Vocational Nursing due to increasing competition from area nursing schools.
Enforcement of school vaccinations causes shot shortage in Ector County
Mom caught son in bed with junior high school counselor
Student kills self at McKinney North High School
The Fall of Dallas County Schools
Cypress-Fairbanks school district mandates clear backpacks
2 Teen Boys Wore Dresses To Texas School
Texas school district can exhume unmarked graves
Pine Tree ISD manages to lower tax rate and give pay raises, all while operating on a deficit!
UTAH: Most Utah schools spent $1000 or less on suicide prevention programs
tug of war for teachers leads to higher salaries
Two employees at Sierra Bonita Elementary School accused of sex crimes
high schools in Utah do not allow Pacific Islander students to wear leis at graduation
University of Utah Professor appointed chairman of Pakistan’s Higher Education Commission.
VERMONT: Merger madness
$50K theft from Pownal school account
South Burlington High to provide condoms
Vermont Law School laying off Tenured Faculty
VIRGINIA: School drops Confederate name in favor of Barack Obama
School being sued for not protecting girl from known sex bully
Manassas schools ‘on lockdown’
Richmond schools out of toilet paper?
teacher accused of being drunk at school
WASHINGTON: free city bus passes for high-school students
Durham offering $4K signing bonus, $17 an hour to entice new school bus drivers
Principals can’t hire enough special-education teachers
Homeless but not hopeless: Spokane high school students
Spokane school zone speed cameras snare $4 million in fines
superintendent expected to plead guilty in child sex case
Fife school board finds principal sexually harassed teachers
WASHINGTON DC: DC-Area Schools’ Vaccine Requirements
WEST VIRGINIA: Mental health crisis in schools
More than 3,000 students awarded PROMISE Scholarships
Low income school clothing allowance deadline extended
WISCONSIN: School’s Closed. Forever.
volunteer tutor accused of sex crimes
Madison School District losing $7 million in state tax funding
Oregon School District increasing the number of school breaks in an attempt to stop flu outbreaks
WYOMING: Four schools set to close in Casper and Mills
Riverton High School hazing case
Evanston school district sued over new gun policy
Teton County School District No. 1 slashes employee benefits
Dumbing Down U.S.A., May 2018: “MORALE HAS NEVER BEEN LOWER.”