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All students injured in New York bus crash are expected to recover, superintendent says
All the high school students who were injured in an upstate New York charter bus crash on the way to a band camp are expected to recover, according to their school superintendent. The bus, one of six carrying students from Farmingdale High School on Long Island, veered off Interstate 84 and rolled over in the center median Thursday in the town...
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Farmingdale students honor victims of fatal bus crash
Students and officials honor the victims of the fatal bus crash that claimed two lives and injured dozens. Melissa Colorado reports.
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1 dead, dozens injured in New York bus crash
A charter bus carrying students from a Long Island high school crashed off a highway in Orange County, leaving one person dead and dozens of people injured. NBC New York has team coverage.
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NYC Schools to Get Camera-Based, Door-Locking Security System: What to Know
New York City Schools are rolling out a door-locking mechanism to increase safety for students in more than 1,000 schools. The city’s Department of Education agreed to a $43 million contract that would put camera-based door-locking mechanisms in 1,300 buildings. For now, the front door of these facilities will have the technology. The mechanism was one that PS28 in Queens…
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Don't Send Kids Home From School For Head Lice, New Report Says
The American Academy of Pediatrics issued new guidance surrounding head lice, saying it’s not an issue of poor hygiene or a health hazard and that children should not be sent home or miss school because they have it.
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Kids With Head Lice Shouldn't Be Sent Home From School, New Guidance Says
The American Academy of Pediatrics has updated guidance on head lice for the first time since 2015.