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• Teacher accused of indecent behavior with student

  May 14, 2013 11:58 AM

  SLIDELL - Authorities arrested a junior high school teacher in Slidell for indecent behavior with a juvenile, according to Attorney General Buddy Caldwell. The AG's Office said 34-year-old Traci Beaucoudray is accused of having inappropriate contact with one of her former students. The arrest was a result of... more »

• Back from Boston, LSU trainer still dealing with aftermath

  April 24, 2013 6:09 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Trainer Ray Castle and three student trainers from LSU went to the Boston Marathon to aide with those running the race, but their work quickly went from a controlled situation to a scene of chaos when the two bombs exploded just seconds apart. Castle was about... more »

• Missing teacher's family visits from Belgium Play Video

  April 11, 2013 4:55 PM

  BRUSLY - It's been 640 days since anyone has heard from Sylvianne Finck Lozada, her daughter Angelina, or her husband Oscar who's been named a "person of interest" in her disappearance. Lozada's godson, Anton Finck, met with friends and colleagues at Brusly High School Thursday to get a first-hand... more »

• New Orleans teacher arrested in child porn case

  April 10, 2013 9:00 AM

  NEW ORLEANS- The FBI says a teacher at St. Mary's Academy in New Orleans has been arrested for allegedly enticing 14-year-old boy to produce sexually explicit images. The Times-Picayune reports 29-year-old Keith Joseph McGee was arrested Tuesday by the FBI's Child Exploitation Task Force. St. Mary's Academy is a private... more »

• Teacher accused of showing student obscene pic

  March 27, 2013 11:06 AM

  SHREVEPORT - Caddo Parish sheriff's deputies say a teacher at Woodlawn High School has been booked into the Caddo Correctional Center on obscenity. Sheriff Steve Prator says Michael D. Parsons was overseeing in-school suspension at the high school on Feb. 13 where he allegedly showed an obscene photo to a... more »

• Bossier Teacher Arrested

  March 25, 2013 11:14 AM

  HAUGHTON - Bossier Parish sheriff's deputies have arrested a Haughton teacher for allegedly having sexual conduct with a 17-year-old student over the past few weeks. Lt. Bill Davis says 28-year-old Jessica Banet, a teacher at Princeton Elementary School and one of the coaches of the girls' softball team for Haughton... more »

• Friends, colleagues and strangers search for missing NOLA teacher

  March 7, 2013 9:41 PM

  NEW ORLEANS- Volunteers are helping to search for a teacher who hasn't been seen since the weekend. Fellow teachers said Thursday, Terrilynn Monette is one of the best teachers, and it's not like her to vanish. They're hoping they can find something to lead them to her. For... more »

• Judge throws out Jindal's teacher tenure revamp

  March 4, 2013 11:13 AM

  BATON ROUGE - A judge has thrown out Gov. Jindal's revamp of teacher tenure laws as unconstitutional because it was contained in legislation with too many other items. Judge Michael Caldwell previously had thrown out parts of the education law that limited the authority of local school boards. But he... more »

• Age is a state of mind

  March 1, 2013 8:17 PM

  LOS ANGELES- One of the nation's oldest full time schoolteachers retired at 94. Rose Gilbert called it quits at Palisades Charter High School after teaching 63 years. She says it was time before she got too old to do something else. Now, she's a volunteer at a health clinic and... more »

• Archdiocese says no bias against pregnant teacher

  February 25, 2013 7:33 PM

  CINCINNATI- An unmarried Catholic school teacher who claims she was fired because she was pregnant was not discriminated against according to the Cincinnati Archdiocese. The archdiocese filed its response to Kathleen Quinlan's lawsuit saying there is no factual basis for her claims and wants the lawsuit thrown out. Quinlan sued... more »

• Teacher accused of raping mentally challenged teen

  February 14, 2013 2:12 PM

  SHREVEPORT- A 33 year-old teacher in Caddo Parish is under arrest for raping and sexually abusing a mentally challenged 17 year-old student. Authorities say Jeremy Pierce, who teaches at Port City Christian Academy touched the girl inappropriately many times on school grounds, texting her to call her out of... more »

• Teacher facing sex charges resigns

  February 6, 2013 7:33 AM

  ALEXANDRIA - A Tioga High School teacher facing 13 sex crime charges has resigned from the Rapides Parish School District. The Town Talk reports 27-year-old Heather Michelle Cooksey, an English teacher, was arrested on Dec. 19 on charges that she allegedly had a sexual relationship with a student. She was... more »

• Tioga High teacher facing additional sex charges

  January 24, 2013 6:48 AM

  ALEXANDRIA - A Rapides Parish high school teacher, who was arrested last month on charges of having a sexual relationship with a student, now is facing nine additional charges. 27-year-old Heather Michelle Cooksey was arrested Tuesday and later released on a $35,000 bond. Rapides Parish sheriff's deputies say... more »

• NYC, union trade harsh words over plan impasse

  January 18, 2013 2:30 AM

  NEW YORK - The issue of teacher evaluations has been contentious around the country. Now it's brought New York City and its teachers' union to an impasse and harsh war of words that has put the city at risk of losing up to $450 million in state aid and grants.... more »

• Tweaks planned for teacher evaluation system

  January 16, 2013 4:44 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana's Board of Elementary and Secondary Education is expected to approve modest changes to the state's method for evaluating public school teachers, after a board committee backed the ideas. The changes were recommended by Superintendent of Education John White, tweaking a system that links half a teacher's... more »

• Parent arrested, accused of threatening school class

  January 8, 2013 4:41 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Sheriff's deputies in East Baton Rouge arrested a parent after they said she made threats to her child's class and teacher, including references to the recent school shootings in Connecticut. Deputies arrested Donna Wilson, 44, in suspicion of terrorizing after the incident today at Magnolia Woods... more »

• Teacher charged with having sex with student

  December 21, 2012 9:00 AM

  ALEXANDRIA - Rapides Parish sheriff's deputies say a 27-year-old Tioga High School teacher has been arrested for having a sexual relationship with a student at the school. Heather Michelle Cooksey, of Pineville, was booked Wednesday into the Rapides Parish Detention Center on two counts of carnal knowledge of a... more »

• Conn. school shooting suspect was son of teacher

  December 14, 2012 5:44 PM

  NEWTOWN, Conn. - The man suspected of gunning down more than two dozen people in a small town in Connecticut is the son of a teacher at the elementary school where the killings occurred, and his mother is presumed to be among the dead. Police say Adam Lanza apparently drove... more »

• Judge rules voucher law conflicts with deseg order

  November 26, 2012 3:14 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A New Orleans-based federal judge has halted Gov. Bobby Jindal's voucher program in Tangipahoa Parish, saying it conflicts with a decades-old desegregation case. U.S. District Judge Ivan Lemelle ruled Monday that a series of sweeping education changes pushed by Jindal clash with court orders in the 47-year-old... more »

• W. Feliciana expands one-to-one computer program

  November 26, 2012 10:21 AM

  ST. FRANCISVILLE - The West Feliciana Parish school system continues to expand a program that puts computers into students' hands for use in class or at home. The program started in 2007 from a state grant. Jerome Matherne, the district's technology supervisor, tells The Advocate the one-to-one computer initiative now... more »

• Appeal court: teacher furlough day illegal

  November 15, 2012 3:51 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - A state appeal court says that the Jefferson Parish Public School System illegally cut teachers' pay by imposing an unpaid day of leave for every teacher in the district. The Jefferson Federation of Teachers sued the school board after it ordered the furlough. District Judge Steve Windhorst... more »

• Parents, students consider options as teachers strike

  September 10, 2012 10:43 AM

  CHICAGO - Parents and students are figuring out their options on the first day of a Chicago teachers' strike. The district is keeping some schools open, and they're serving breakfast and lunch, but there's no instruction and it's only for a half-day. At one high school, a handful of students... more »

• Texas teacher convicted after sex with 5 students

  August 17, 2012 2:37 PM

  FORT WORTH, Texas- A former Texas high school teacher has been convicted after having sex with five 18-year-old students at her home. A jury took less than an hour Friday to find Brittni Nicole Colleps guilty. She was charged with five counts of having an inappropriate relationship between a student... more »

• Appeals court allows La. voucher program to begin

  July 26, 2012 2:27 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A state appeals court has upheld a decision that allows Gov. Bobby Jindal's statewide voucher program to begin in August. Teacher unions and local school boards sought to block the start of the program as they challenge its constitutionality. But a three-judge appellate court panel agreed with... more »

• Lozada investigation hits one year mark Play Video

  July 18, 2012 5:39 PM

  BATON ROUGE- One year after law enforcement formally listed Brusly High teacher Sylviane Lozada as missing, there have still been no arrests and her body has not been found. Lozada's family in Belgium says their last contact with her was on July 5th of last year. Lozada's husband, Oscar,... more »

• Teacher still missing one year after disappearance

  July 18, 2012 10:50 AM

  BATON ROUGE - More than a year after her disappearance, the whereabouts of local teacher Sylviane Lozada remain a mystery. Lozada was last heard from July 5, 2011. Her husband, Oscar Lozada, and daughter, Angelina Lozada, have been in Venezuela since July 9 of that year. They were supposed... more »

• Teacher had kids hit bully

  June 15, 2012 7:32 PM

  A teacher in suburban San Antonio will lose her job after ordering more than 20 kindergartners to line up and hit a classmate accused of bullying. A police report says the teacher placed the boy in front of other students and told them, "Hit him" and "Hit him harder!" The... more »

• Showing grisly video leads to teacher suspension

  June 13, 2012 7:31 PM

  A teacher in Canada was suspended for showing high school students a video police say shows Luka Magnotta murdering and dismembering a college student. Magnotta is accused of killing Jun Lin in Montreal. He posted the video online and fled to Germany where he was caught. The video shows him... more »

• Teachers file lawsuits against governor's education reform plan Play Video

  June 7, 2012 6:36 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The state's largest teacher associations among others filed two lawsuits Thursday morning challenging parts of Governor Bobby Jindal's education reform plan. It took the Louisiana Federation of Teachers and other smaller teacher groups less than an hour to file two lawsuits at the 19th Judicial District... more »

• Ex-Oklahoma teacher to stand trial on porn charges

  May 22, 2012 12:43 PM

  SHAWNEE, Okla. - Nine Oklahoma students have testified that their former third-grade teacher took photos of them in her classroom and during a pizza party at her home when they were wearing tank tops and underwear. The students aged 9 to 11 took the stand Monday in a hearing for... more »

• Livingston Parish schools facing $4.5M hole Play Video

  May 18, 2012 6:40 PM

  LIVINGSTON - The Livingston Parish School Board is in the red for the second year in a row, facing a $4.5 million shortfall. Superintendent Bill Spear said he and others in the administration have a long summer ahead of them as they search for ways to fill the gap.... more »

• Pride teacher recognized as "Top Teacher" finalist

  May 16, 2012 11:33 AM

  LOS ANGELES - The morning show "LIVE! with Kelly" recognized a Pride, La. teacher as one of their "Top Teacher" finalists today. Northeast High teacher Monica Dunn received a shopping spree and computers for her classroom for being named a finalist. Dunn and others were nominated for the... more »

• Grand jury refuses charges against dance teacher

  May 3, 2012 6:59 AM

  LAFAYETTE - A Lafayette Parish grand jury has declined to accept charges against a Lafayette High School dance instructor accused of inappropriately touching students in class. Prosecutor J.N. Prather says the grand jury returned no true bills Wednesday afternoon on Katie Champagne, who was arrested by the Lafayette Police Department... more »

• Teacher arrested, accused of racial slur

  April 30, 2012 4:04 PM

  COLUMBIA - Police in South Carolina say a middle school teacher has been accused of dragging a student under a table during class, telling the boy "this is what the Nazis do to Jews." The 12-year-old student told police he got up to sharpen a pencil at Bluffton Middle School... more »

• Teacher arrested on a simple battery charge

  April 20, 2012 11:11 AM

  SHREVEPORT - Caddo Parish Sheriff Steve Prator says a 48-year-old teacher at Green Oaks High School has been arrested and booked with simple battery of a student. Prator says Alvin Wallace of Shreveport was booked into Caddo Correctional Center Friday following an investigation by Det. Jackie Winston. Wallace's bond was... more »

• Superintendent plans teacher town hall meetings

  April 19, 2012 3:18 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Superintendent of Education John White is setting up meetings across the state with teachers and education leaders to talk about education changes in the works. White announced Thursday that he's planned 22 meetings in 16 cities, starting with two events in New Orleans. Half of those meetings... more »

• Teachers at Capitol rallying against education reform Play Video

  April 4, 2012 8:46 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Teachers from across the state are gathered on the Capitol steps Wednesday to rally against Gov. Bobby Jindal's education reform plan. The full senate will debate and possibly vote on the state-wide voucher program and teacher tenure. Thousands of teachers are expected to gather on... more »

• Ex NFL Cheerleader accused of Sex Abuse

  April 2, 2012 7:17 PM

  A teacher and former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader pleaded not guilty in a school sex scandal. Sarah Jones is accused of sexually abusing a student at Dixie Heights High School in Edgewood, Kentucky. Court Documents say it happened in November of last year. Jones' mother is a middle school principal and... more »

• Teacher fired after claims 3rd-graders had sex

  March 22, 2012 12:47 PM

  TALLULAH, La. - Officials say a Tallulah Elementary School teacher has been fired after she was in the classroom while two third-graders allegedly had oral sex under a table. Madison Parish School Superintendent Lisa Wilmore tells The News-Star last week's incident was investigated by the school's principal. Wilmore concurred with... more »

• Caddo Parish teacher booked with battery

  March 21, 2012 7:50 AM

  SHREVEPORT - Caddo Parish Sheriff Steve Prator says deputies booked a teacher from Mansfield with simple battery of a student at the Academic Recovery School in Shreveport. Prator says 53-year-old Alvin Orlando Williams allegedly grabbed a student around the neck to keep him from leaving the classroom, causing scratches and... more »

• State, local school leaders spar over blame for school closures

  March 14, 2012 6:33 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Comments about East Baton Rouge Parish Schools, made by BESE Vice President Chas Roemer Wednesday morning, have sparked heated reaction from local school leaders. Watch News 2 at 10 to hear what Roemer said, and what school board members had to say in return. more »

• Parents upset EBR school cancelled Wednesday Play Video

  March 13, 2012 6:28 PM

  BATON ROUGE-- Many parents are in a bind, after East Baton Rouge schools called off Wednesday classes. The decision came around 9:00 Tuesday morning. Nearly a third of teachers in East Baton Rouge Parish put in substitute requests for Wednesday. School system leaders say the roughly 1,050 educators will... more »

• Catholic schools to remain open tomorrow

  March 13, 2012 11:50 AM

  BATON ROUGE- Catholic schools in Baton Rouge will be open Wednesday, but parents will be responsible for getting their children to school. This comes after the East Baton Rouge Parish School System canceled classes for Wednesday after a large number of employees said they would be absent so they... more »

• EBR middle school teacher arrested

  December 8, 2011 5:13 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Sheriff's deputies arrested a teacher from Broadmoor Middle School after they said she picked up a misbehaving student's desk while the student was in it, causing the student to hit her head. Casey Hicks with the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office said Ella Grant was arrested... more »

• Instructor at Lafayette HS arrested, out on bail

  December 6, 2011 7:17 AM

  LAFAYETTE - A dance teacher at Lafayette High School was arrested after several reports of inappropriate contact with students. Lafayette police began investigating Katie Champagne in November after a 14-year-old female student claimed the teacher grabbed her breasts and hit her on the buttocks. Police retrieved surveillance video... more »

• Teacher accuused of using School Laptop for Porn Site

  November 17, 2011 7:34 PM

  A teacher in Stockton, California was put on leave while she's investigated for maintaining a porn website from her school-issued laptop. Heidi Kaeslin of Lincoln High School will be paid as the district investigates if she violated its code of ethics. The system hired a computer expert to study the... more »

• Athletes remember missing teacher with stickers, pins at game

  September 23, 2011 10:22 PM

  BRUSLY- Athletes at Brusly High School are hoping to keep the story of their missing teacher, and the hope that she'll turn up, alive, in the form of stickers and pins on their uniforms. The football team and cheerleading squad revealed the tribute to Sylvianne Lozada at the team's... more »

• EBRSO: Teacher arrested after punching student

  September 22, 2011 10:56 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Sheriff's deputies arrested a McKinley High School teacher after investigators said he punched a student in the face. According to Casey Hicks with the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office, deputies were dispatched to the school Wednesday around 6:50 a.m. for a battery complaint. Hicks said... more »

• Teacher accused of having sex with a minor

  September 13, 2011 7:00 PM

  LIVINGSTON - Sheriff's deputies arrested a Livingston Parish teacher this week after he was accused of having sex with an underage girl. Perry Rushing with the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office said deputies arrested 27-year-old Bryan Phenix of Denham Springs on Monday. He was charged with carnal knowledge of a... more »

• Facebook Post gets Teacher Susupended

  August 22, 2011 7:19 PM

  A former teacher of the year in Central Florida was suspended for posting his opposition to same-sex marriage of Facebook. Jerry Buell says he shouldn't have been punished for the comments on his personal page calling it a violation of his free-speech rights. "I stand by what I said. One... more »

• Teachers encourage attendance through "walkabout"

  August 8, 2011 5:19 PM

  BATON ROUGE- A group of teachers and other staff members from Highland Elementary hit the streets in an effort to get kids ready for the first day of school this Wednesday. The group went door to door talking to students and parents in a neighborhood off Gardere Lane in... more »

• School fills position of missing teacher

  August 5, 2011 6:25 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The school year at Brusly High in West Baton Rouge Parish will be noticeably different. Sylvianne Lozada, a foreign language teacher there, disappeared one month ago today. Her family last heard from her on June 5, and her husband and daughter left the country a few... more »

• Lozada search expands

  August 4, 2011 9:48 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Deputies scoured miles of fields today in South Baton Rouge and Iberville Parish. They looked for any sign of Sylviane Lozada. She was a teacher at Brusly High School, who hasn't been seen, in a month. The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office says they were... more »

• Investigator says searchers have "rough road" ahead

  August 4, 2011 6:53 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Authorities in East Baton Rouge were back out around Sylviane Lozada's home today, searching for any sign of the missing teacher. Sheriff's deputies searched on foot, by ATV and from helicopters in areas near Lozada's home and along River Road south of it. Lozada was... more »

• Crews search for Sylviane Lozada by air

  August 4, 2011 1:22 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A helicopter was out again this afternoon searching near Bluebonnet Blvd. for any sign of Sylviane Finck Lozada. EBRSO spokeswoman, Casey Rayborn Hicks, tells News 2 the crews are searching the area again after bad weather disrupted their last search. Hicks says as of 12:30... more »

• Former Kenilworth teachers speak out against charter school organization

  August 3, 2011 11:20 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Former teachers at Kenilworth Science and Technology Charter School in Baton Rouge are making strong allegations about what happened inside the school during their time there. They claim unfair treatment toward teachers and an unsafe environment for students. That's in addition to two lawsuits News 2 uncovered... more »

• Colleague of missing teacher reveals new information

  August 3, 2011 6:19 PM

  BATON ROUGE - New information could help detectives figure out what happened leading up to 51-year-old Sylviane Lozada's mysterious disappearance nearly one month ago. Philippe Radalet has known Lozada since the mid-1990s when they both moved from Belgium to Louisiana to teach French under "the Council for the Development... more »

• Missing teacher investigation goes international

  August 3, 2011 9:29 AM

  BATON ROUGE - The search for a missing Brusly High School foreign language teacher has gone international. News agencies around the world have picked up the bizarre and mysterious disappearance of 51-year-old Sylviane Finck Lozada. "Le Journal", a national news organization in Belgium picked up the story last... more »

• Deputies search field behind missing teacher's home

  July 29, 2011 3:42 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Authorities in helicopters and all-terrain vehicles are searching wooded areas near the home of a Brusly teacher that disappeared weeks ago. Investigators with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office and Louisiana State Police were seen in and around the home of Sylviane Lozada earlier this... more »

• Neighbors speak out about teacher's disappearance

  July 27, 2011 6:11 PM

  BATON ROUGE - As detectives continue investigating the mysterious disappearance of 51-year-old Sylviane Finck Lozada of Brusly, the optimism of some close friends is waning. Irma and John Tullier have lived in West Baton Rouge Parish all their lives. John served in World War II fighting in the Battle... more »

• New develoments in Brusly teacher's disappearance

  July 26, 2011 6:50 PM

  BATON ROUGE - As the search continues for 51-year-old Sylviane Finch Lozada, co-workers at Brusly High School have set up a fund in her name. The "Sylviane Finck Lozada Fund" will help pay for the travel arrangements for Lozada's family in Belgium when they decide to make the trip. ... more »

• New develoments in Brusly teacher's disappearance

  July 25, 2011 6:58 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The search continues for a missing Brusly High School teacher. Sylviane Finch Lozada last spoke to family member in Belgium on July 11, 2011. Monday morning, police tape sealed the door of her home in Baton Rouge. In a statement, East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office... more »

• EBR Detectives looking for missing Belgian woman

  July 23, 2011 1:31 PM

  BATON ROUGE- East Baton Rouge Sheriff's detectives are looking for a missing Belgian woman who was living in Baton Rouge with a work visa. Detectives say 51-year-old Sylviane Finck Lozada was last heard from by her family in Belgium on July 11. She typically spoke with her family on... more »

• Teen arrested for threatening teacher on Facebook

  April 6, 2011 2:42 PM

  SHREVEPORT, La. - A 14-year-old boy faces a cyberstalking charge for allegedly posting threatening text messages on his teacher's Facebook page. Caddo Parish Sheriff Steve Prator says the Byrd High School student used another student's name to create a fake account on the social networking web site in order... more »

• Baker to evaluate teachers more often

  March 2, 2011 12:33 PM

  BAKER, La. - Baker School Board teachers will find themselves under the microscope more often in the 2011-12 school year under the new comprehensive teacher evaluation program approved by the school board Tuesday night. According to Board Vice President Elaine Davis the program will increase teacher evaluations from once a... more »

• Livingston Parish School Board: teacher layoffs imminent

  February 15, 2011 6:12 PM

  LIVINGSTON - The Livingston Parish School System is under a financial emergency, Superintendent Bill Spear said. The system faces a $10 million shortfall, and over 70 jobs could be lost. The past few years, school systems have been able to avoid layoffs through attrition, but the lack of state... more »

• Judge rules teacher innocent of battery charge

  December 24, 2010 12:27 PM

  GONZALES - A judge has found an East Ascension High School math teacher not guilty of a misdemeanor battery charge involving an incident with a male student in May. Police had arrested Chad Goulas of Gonzales after a physical altercation between Goulas and the student. The Advocate reports Ascension Parish... more »

• District: Wife of school board gunman was fired

  December 15, 2010 12:55 PM

  PANAMA CITY, Fla. - School officials say the wife of the ex-convict who held a Florida school board at gunpoint had been fired from her job as a teacher. Bay District personnel director Tommye Lou Richardson says Rebecca Crowder-Duke was fired in February. The district hired her in... more »

• Baton Rouge Principal receives Terrel H. Bell Award

  November 16, 2010 10:41 AM

  BATON ROUGE- The principal of Ryan Elementary School, in Baton Rouge is in Washington, D.C. to accept the Terrel H. Bell Award. Darlene Brister was nominated for the award because of her commitment to successful teaching and learning, as well as helping students meet high standards. Brister is... more »

• Ohio teacher accused of sleeping on job is fired

  November 11, 2010 9:00 AM

  SANDUSKY, OH - A longtime teacher from Ohio was fired after an investigation concluded she slept in class and repeatedly arrived late. Carol Smith was recommended for firing by a referee who said her actions were "totally unprofessional" and threatened the safety of her middle and high school students. Students... more »

• Teacher injured trying to break up fight

  November 10, 2010 9:56 AM

  GREENSBURG - Officials say a classroom altercation between two St. Helena Central Middle School students sent a teacher to a hospital. Angela Bridges tells The Advocate that she attempted to break up a fight between a boy and a girl Tuesday when an inadvertent punch hit her in the face,... more »

• Millions in merit pay awarded to schools

  September 23, 2010 2:08 PM

  The Education Department is giving school districts and nonprofit organizations from across the country $442 million to create merit pay programs for teachers and principals. The Teacher Incentive Fund is aimed at attracting and rewarding quality educators and encouraging them to work in the country's highest need schools. The programs... more »

• 14-year-old arrested, released after threat to kill teacher

  September 17, 2010 4:41 PM

  A 14-year-old Redemptorist High School student was arrested after his teacher overheard him saying he was going to kill her. Baton Rouge Police Department said it happened after the student got upset in the classroom, which led to a dispute while he was taking a test. The teacher then... more »

• Leesville teacher's aide sentenced for sex with student

  September 8, 2010 9:03 AM

  A female teacher's aide who admitted having sex with a 15-year-old student has been sentenced to seven years at hard labor, with four years of that suspended. Kendra Hoffpauir pleaded guilty in Vernon Parish to two counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile and one of carnal knowledge. She also... more »

• Firefighter arrested for sex with teen

  August 31, 2010 7:28 AM

  Lafayette police say a third-generation firefighter has been arrested for allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old girl at a fire station. Dayne Anthony Leger of Carencro also worked as a substitute teacher at Carencro High School where he met the teen. Leger was on administrative leave until he resigned from... more »

• Former Baton Rouge teacher sentenced to jail

  June 24, 2010 2:59 PM

  A former teacher in Baton Rouge, who pleaded guilty to sexual conduct with a student is headed to jail. Ray Clement was arrested at Redemptorist High School back in 2007. Investigators say Clement brought the 15 year-old girl to his apartment where he touched and kissed her. ... more »

• Former teacher's trial delayed

  June 2, 2010 6:39 AM

  The trial of a former Acadiana High School teacher accused of filming teenagers having sex in his Lafayette apartment has been delayed. Stephen McKay Hurst was scheduled to stand trial June 21 on six federal charges, including production of child pornography, possession of child pornography and obstruction of justice, among... more »

• Man arrested in theft from Tioga High School

  June 1, 2010 8:37 AM

  Authorities have arrested a 25-year-old Pineville man after an investigation into the theft of welding equipment from Tioga High School. Rapides Parish sheriff's deputies say Nicholas Adam Owens was booked on two counts of theft between $300 to $500 and two counts of theft over $500. Bond was set at... more »

• EAHS Teacher arrested

  May 27, 2010 2:33 PM

  A teacher at East Ascension High School is in trouble with the law. After a six day long investigation, Gonzales Detectives arrested Chad Goulas for allegations of simple battery committed on a student. No criminal charges have been filed against the 17 year-old student involved in the alleged... more »

• Elementary teacher arrested on drug charges

  May 25, 2010 7:26 AM

  A Fairview Elementary School teacher resigned and was arrested after allegedly bringing illegal prescription drugs to school. Calcasieu Sheriff deputies say Kelly McMichael Fontenot had several hydrocodone and Soma pill bottles in her purse Friday but had no prescriptions for the drugs. Deputies say they found more prescription pills in... more »

• Teacher fired for beating caught on cell phone

  May 11, 2010 8:36 PM

  A science teacher at a charter school in Houston was fired because of a cell phone video that showed her beating a 13-year-old. It was taken by another student. Sheri Lynn Davis was fired Monday night after the principal looked at the video and said there's "no excuse for a... more »

• Sentencing postponed for teacher

  April 26, 2010 10:15 AM

  Sentencing has been postponed for a teacher from Redemptorist High School who plead guilty to having sexual conduct with a student in January. Ray Clement III will now be sentenced on June 24. He faces up to 19 years in prison. more »

• Teacher charged in sex case resigns

  April 22, 2010 8:19 AM

  An Acadiana High School English teacher facing federal sex charges is no longer an employee of the Lafayette Parish School System. The school board unanimously accepted Stephen McKay Hurst's resignation without discussion at its meeting. Hurst is facing federal charges for allegedly videotaping students having sex in his apartment. He... more »

• Ex-teacher booked in student contact

  April 14, 2010 7:28 AM

  A former substitute teacher at East Baton Rouge Laboratory Academy has been arrested for allegedly making inappropriate statements to a student in three notes he wrote in April 2009. Rodrick D. Pitcher is also accused of brushing up against the student one day in class. Pitcher was booked Monday on... more »

• Update: Federal agents arrest teacher on sex charges

  April 2, 2010 11:43 AM

  Update: Here is the affidavit in support of the arrest of Stephen McKay Hurst. Federal agents have arrested an Acadiana High School teacher who allegedly had allowed students to have sex in his Lafayette apartment while he filmed them. According to court records unsealed Wednesday, 37-year-old Stephen McKay Hurst... more »

• Federal agents arrest teacher on sex charges

  April 2, 2010 6:59 AM

  Federal agents have arrested an Acadiana High School teacher who allegedly had allowed students to have sex in his Lafayette apartment while he filmed them. According to court records unsealed Wednesday, 37-year-old Stephen McKay Hurst was arrested March 26 on federal counts of sexual exploitation of children and attempted sexual... more »