Elementary Schoolers

7-Year-Old Kicked Off School Bus, Forced To Wander Alone

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 05.30.2012

Amber Hobdy, a mother from Eagle Mountain, Utah, is outraged after her 7-year-daughter Kya was allegedly kicked off a school bus in an unfamiliar neig...

PHOTOS: CityDance The City Is Ours Performance

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.29.2012

WASHINGTON -- Last Friday, 120-plus students from around the District of Columbia performed in the annual CityDance performance at the Atlas Theatre. ...

Mom Outraged After Teacher's Aide Pulled Wrong Tooth From Son

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 05.23.2012

Sabrina Grant, mother of a fourth grade student with autism at Woodrow Wilson Elementary School, is upset after her son's teacher's aide not only pull...

School Spells Own Name Wrong For 9 Years

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 05.10.2012

Sunrise-McMillan Elementary School in Fort Worth, Texas, has made an embarrassing correction after nine years: the spelling of its name, NBC Dallas-Fo...

Teacher Accused Of Telling 2nd-Grader She Looked 'Too Sexy' For Gym

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 04.24.2012

Marco Inskip, a 40-year-old substitute teacher at Charles L. Spragg Elementary School in Egg Harbor City, N.J., has been accused of telling a 7-year-o...

Parents Upset Over Offensive Class Photo

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 04.06.2012

A second grader at Sawgrass Elementary School in Sunrise, Fla., who didn't have the parental consent form to be in his class photo was nevertheless in...

Reasons To Be Jealous Of Your Elementary Schooler

Posted 03.28.2012

For every adorable "first grade problem," it seems there are a dozen sweet elementary school memories knocking around the Internet. Rolling backpac...

3rd Graders Allegedly Have Oral Sex In Classroom

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 03.26.2012

An unnamed teacher at Tallulah Elementary School in Tallulah, La., has been fired after she failed to notice two third grade students allegedly having...

First Grader's Hilarious Reason For Being Absent From School

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 03.22.2012

Man, we thought it was embarrassing when you accidentally called your teacher "mom" in elementary school -- imagine how this kid must feel. Posted ...

Megan Arellano

Program Gets D.C. Kids Dancing

HuffingtonPost.com | Megan Arellano | Posted 03.07.2012

WASHINGTON -- "No, I don't get nervous," said 10-year-old Nikko Garner, "because I love to dance." In the player's tunnel at the Verizon Center, Ga...

Teacher Fired For Traumatizing Math Problems For Third Graders

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 03.05.2012

A Washington, D.C. teacher who sent home violent, morbid and traumatizing math problems to third graders from Center City Public Charter School's Trin...

Janitors Suspended For Binding, Gagging Students In Bathroom

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 03.05.2012

Two janitors from Gregory Elementary School in Long Beach, NJ., have been placed on paid suspension after they allegedly bound and gagged two 10-year-...

Boy With Autism Allegedly Forced To Sit In Box During Class

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 02.29.2012

Sage Rollins, a 10-year-old boy with autism at Ronald Reagan Elementary School in Wildomar, Calif., told his mother his teacher made him sit in a card...

'Sex Games' At School Angers Parents

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 02.06.2012

Parents of a two kindergarteners at PS 189 in New York, N. Y. say a group of students 'explored their private parts' by taking off their clothes, and ...

Students Playing 'Rape Tag' At School?

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 02.03.2012

Parents are outraged after nearly two dozen 5th graders at Washington Elementary School in New Ulm, Minn., were caught playing a game called "rape tag...

An Open Letter to Cam and Mitchell

Rev. Debra Haffner | Posted 03.21.2012

Rev. Debra Haffner

By five or six almost every child is going to surprise their parents with the "S," "D," or even the "F" word that they overheard on the playground, bus, or even from you.

School 'Scream Rooms' Outrage Parents

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 01.11.2012

Parents in Middletown, Conn., are protesting the use of what they're calling "scream rooms" by Farm Hill Elementary School as a way of disciplining mi...

Slavery Math Worksheet Sparks Parent Protest, District Investigation

Posted 03.11.2012

Dozens of parents and community members rallied outside a Norcross, Ga. elementary school Tuesday, calling on the school district to fire teachers inv...

Dump Trucks Rescue Students From Floodwaters

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 01.10.2012

Students trapped by floodwaters at two Houston elementary schools were rescued by Public Works dump trucks, KHOU TV reports. Although authorities ...

School Under Fire For Slavery In School Worksheet

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 01.08.2012

Parents of students at Beaver Ridge Elementary School in Norcross, Ga., are outraged at the school district's response to the reports of using example...

Teachers Allegedly Told To Student To Crawl Back To School After Injury

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 01.05.2012

Two years ago, the son of Pritam and Priya Chandani tripped over a mound of snow and injured his head and leg. Instead of helping the student, teacher...

10-Year-Old Punished For Waving 'Pizza Gun'

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 01.04.2012

After allegedly waving around a slice of pizza that was possibly shaped like a gun, 10-year-old Nicholas Taylor has been forced to eat lunch at the "s...

First Grader Investigated For Sexual Harassment

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 12.05.2011

A 7-year-old boy at South Boston's Tynan Elementary School is under investigation for sexual harassment after he struck a boy in the groin, The Boston...

Cops Called For Playground Kiss

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 11.22.2011

At first, it seems like a cute story about playground crushes and first kisses, only instead of skipping off into the sunset, the cops were called, Fo...

Replacement Presents Donated To Children Who Accidentally Received Nude Photos

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 01.11.2012

When he heard about the students at Jay Elementary School in Santa Rosa County, Fla. who accidentally received slap bracelets with nude photos beneath...