Posts tagged school

• Parents Have the Power to Prevent Bullying

  Council Wooten | May 02, 2012 8:56 AM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  This is a trailer for the documentary “Bully,” which was released last month and has garnered much national attention. While many people have an understandable tendency to dismiss...

• ‘If We Save One Life by Doing This, We're Doing Something Right’

  Orman Kimbrough, Jr. | March 28, 2012 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  This public service announcement (PSA) features Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter Justin Bieber promoting the Drive Safe anti-texting application from PhoneGuard, Inc. The application...

• Time to Hire Serious People Who Have Serious Answers

  John Hopkins | November 23, 2011 3:56 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Florida education does not have a great deal to brag about. We have regularly ranked in the lower third of states in virtually every aspect of public education. The Florida politicians from...

• School Lunches -- Major Changes With New School Lunch Bill

  Steve Smith | December 15, 2010 4:01 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  President Obama is expected to sign a much needed school lunch bill that will offer healthier lunch choices for children’s school meals and in vending machines on school campuses. The...

• Does Florida's Sovereign Immunity Shield a School from Liability- even if it is negligent?

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | March 30, 2010 11:27 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Sovereign Immunity in Florida (Section 728.28, Florida Statutes) caps damages of governmental negligence to a maximum recovery of $100,000. This means if your child is in football and the coach does...

• Presidents get to address our children? Nothing new in Obama's speech that hasn't been said before

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | September 08, 2009 3:53 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Bush's Presidental Address and Remarks to Students and Faculty at Alice Deal Junior High School October 1, 2001 Thank you, Ms. Mostoller, and thanks for allowing me to visit your classroom to talk...

• Texas Takes The Lead! But, We Floridians Can Also Protect Our School Children–Find Out How:

  Jeffrey Meldon | August 25, 2009 2:53 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Starting September 1st in Texas, it will be illegal to talk on a cell phone in an active school zone unless: the car is stopped, a hands-free device is used, or in an emergency. As we welcome a new...

• Asleep at the Wheel?

  Jeffrey Meldon | April 28, 2009 10:14 AM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A big rig driver battles drowsiness on a 40-hour haul, a cell phone distracts him, and a school bus is stopped directly ahead on a busy highway in afternoon traffic. Such was the horrifying scene...

• SUV Driver Plows Into School Bus With 30 Aboard

  Eddie Farah | April 17, 2009 12:18 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  An early morning rush led to the injury of six students when a school bus was struck by an SUV. Just after 9 a.m., police were called to the collision at the intersections of Firestone and Melvin...

• Texting Truck Driver Arresting After Hitting School Bus

  Eddie Farah | April 08, 2009 1:35 AM | 2 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  Seven months after a school bus erupted into flames, killing one student aboard, the driver of an 18-wheeler that caused the crash has finally been arrested. 30-year-old Reinaldo Gonzales turned...