4 h. ago Young athlete, 14, may 'have to have feet amputated' after being electrocuted at boarding school

Talented young athlete Chase Allen, 14, may need to have his feet amputated after being electrocuted at Millfield School in Somerset - he was rushed to hospital along with two other pupils

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13 h. ago PICTURED: 'Bright and athletic' boy, 14, fighting for life and facing amputation of both feet after being electrocuted by overhead cables at £58,000

Talented athlete Chase Allen was rushed to hospital alongside two others after they were zapped by the high voltage cable at Millfield School in Somerset on May 3.

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20 h. ago New Jersey city lowered the voting age for school board – only 4% of teens showed up to cast ballots

Overall turnout came in at 3.47 percent, just below the 3.94 percent turnout among young voters

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3 d. ago Three pupils left needing surgery after being electrocuted at private Millfield School

Three schoolboys were rushed to hospital after they were electrocuted at private boarding school, Millfield School in Somerset, as other kids were offered counselling

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4 d. ago Church school bus driver ‘caught intoxicated’ with 38 kids on board

Steven Truelove was arrested by Indiana sheriff’s deputies after his blood alcohol level was found to be three times above the legal limit

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2 w. ago Class act: can Harrow sell an elitist British boarding school fantasy to New Yorkers?

The private school will open its first US campus in Long Island. Will it assimilate Americans into the upper crust – or is it more about branding?This fall, the British boarding school Harrow will open its first offshoot in the US: a lush 170-acre waterfront campus in Long Island. For $75,000 a year, parents can wave away their children to the prestigiously named school, renowned for its centuries-old traditions (such as calling teachers “beaks” and bad behaviour “skew”). Classes will take place in the Bourne mansion, the opulent former home of a wealthy American businessman, around which modern facilities will be built.A shiny teaser video paints an idyllic picture of an anglophile life at Harrow New York. “The school is like an oasis,” says Nick Page, former deputy head of Harrow UK, as drone footage pans out over pristine lawns and lakes, where ducklings and deer roam wild. “Yet so close to this huge metropolis of New York.” (The new school is almost equidistant from New York Cit...

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2 w. ago Ontario to take control of London school board over financial

Ontario to take control of London school board over financial-management concerns, launch probes into three others  The Globe and Mail

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2 w. ago Ontario takes control of London school board, launches probes at 3 others

Ontario takes control of London school board, launches probes at 3 others  CBC

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2 w. ago US supreme court seems inclined to allow exemption of LGBTQ+ books for elementary schoolers

Justices heard from Christian and Muslim parents from Maryland seeking to pull children from certain classesThe US supreme court appeared inclined to rule in favor of Christian and Muslim parents in Maryland seeking to keep their elementary school children out of certain classes when storybooks with LGBTQ+ characters are read in the latest case involving the intersection of religion and LGBTQ+ rights.The nine justices heard arguments on Tuesday in an appeal by parents with children in public schools in Montgomery county, located just outside of Washington, after lower courts declined to order the local school district to let children opt out when these books are read. The plaintiffs – including Muslim, Roman Catholic and Ukrainian Orthodox parents – contend that the school board’s policy of prohibiting opt-outs violates the US constitution’s first amendment protections for free exercise of religion. Donald Trump’s administration backed them in the case. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘Breaking our spirits was the plan’: the lifelong impact of having gone to boarding school

As a new documentary explores Boarding School Syndrome, seven former pupils share their stories Boarded from the age of nine Continue reading...

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3 w. ago David Oyelowo: ‘My wife and I made the decision early on never to be apart for longer than two weeks’’

The actor, 49, talks about his royal heritage, earliest memory, hard times in a hostel, four gifted kids and what happened when he met Sidney PoitierDavid, you are going to walk among kings.” This was my mum’s prophecy when I was small. My father is from a royal family in Nigeria, so I interpreted it that way. Remarkably, she was right: I went on to play King Pelasgus, Henry VI, Martin Luther King and Seretse Khama.My earliest memory is sitting on my dad’s shoulders as he walked down Balham High Street in London. I was eating a cream puff, watching the sugar fall into his hair. I can still smell and taste the cream. It felt magical, both the longest and the shortest walk imaginable.We moved from the UK to Nigeria, where I attended a military-style boarding school for three years. There were lashings and I was made to cut an entire field with a cutlass. Those formative years were character-building and made me value the wisdom of elders, but the idea of subjecting my own children to ...

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3 w. ago Fury as school board official shuts down sobbing girl as she reveals terrifying trans locker room encounter

A high school track athlete broke down in tears at a school board meeting when she recalled a 'beyond traumatizing' locker room experience.

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3 w. ago Trump administration makes major cuts to Native American boarding school research projects

At least $1.6 million in federal funds for projects meant to capture and digitize stories of the systemic abuse of generations of Indigenous children in boarding schools at the hands of the U.S. government have been slashed due to federal funding cuts under President Donald Trump’s administration

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3 w. ago Mobile phone ban helps top private school become first in Scotland to win prestigious status

Famous boarding school now drawing up plans to become a ‘research hub’

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3 w. ago Unimaginable horror after Illinois high school athlete, 18, trips over his own feet while warming up for triple jump

Dylan Wescott, 18, was warming up for a track meet on March 15 when he tripped over his own feet and collided with a wall.

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3 w. ago Prince Harry and William's royal bodyguard who was with brothers on the day Diana died would be 'horrified at their rift', says ex

Graham Craker embraced the role of 'protector and pseudo-parent' to the brothers when they were children, especially when they were sent to boarding school and lost their mother.

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3 w. ago Scottish private school announces parents can pay fees using Bitcoin

Boarding school is thought to be the first in the UK to accept the cryptocurrency

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4 w. ago Jack Butland shows true colours with Rangers answer but 'brutally honest' assessment reveals how keeper really feels

The Ibrox stopper was dropped for the Europa League tie with Athletic Bilbo - but his Fenerbahce heroics made him feel 10 feet tall

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