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Detectives from the Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office have arrested Nicole Pope, a classroom assistant with Bossier Parish Schools. Pope, currently assigned to Bossier City's Kingston Elementary summer program, was taken into custody Tuesday after the Sheriff's Office received reports that the education paraprofessional had struck a student. According to the Sheriff's Office Pope was arrested for "battery on a special needs student." Sheriff's detectives said they had received information that Pope had been spotted by another Bossier School employee striking a student while on the job. School...

Reginald Spears attributes his success as a teacher to the fact it combines two things he showed an affinity for early in life: music, and helping others figure stuff out. That, and his mother pushing him years ago to apply for a Golden Apple college scholarship for future educators. Spears would go on to receive that scholarship and, on Thursday, he was named one of the 2021 winners of the ...

Reginald Spears of Chicago's Bronzeville Classical School is one of 10 Golden Apple winners.

Wicked Local KINGSTON – The vote they took wasn’t what they expected it to be, leading to a second unanimous vote that puts the Kingston Elementary and Intermediate schools on target to open for full-time in-school learning Monday, March 22. The original plan was to survey parents on school choice. Kingston School Committee members agreed Thursday, Feb. 18, to reconsider their vote of Feb. 8 that included contingencies for reopening March 22 and instead approved a stripped-down version of the original vote so there would be no doubt about their decision.  The conditions were removed. Sc...

Wicked Local KINGSTON – The Kingston Elementary and Intermediate schools are expected to return to school full time starting Monday, March 22. Whether the children attend school five days a week at the start of the new term depends in large part on a commitment by parents and guardians to drive their children to school. The Kingston School Committee voted unanimously, 5-0, Monday night to approve the full-time, in-person return with conditions attached. It’s approved as a short-term goal based on several contingencies. School Committee Chairman Eric Crone said a survey will go out to fam...