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Herkimer, Mohawk, and Utica schools are on modified lockdown at this hour.
A student in the Albany area was told that a juice box was not an appropriate "healthy" snack for lunch because of its high sugar contact and the student was prohibited from drinking it in class.
The two-and-a-half-month summer vacation that kids get was a mid-19th century compromise between rural school districts, which had children who needed to help out on the family farm, and urban districts, which often dealt with extreme heat in the summer.
When Baltimore mom Lynsai Green found out her second-grader had a negative balance with the school cafeteria, she was confused — until her son told her one of his teachers was routinely stealing his lunch money.
Twitter isn’t just a place for news or idle chatter. In fact, a new study reveals the microblogging service could be a powerful tool for educators, too.