A 14-year-old Geneva boy is charged in connection with a fire last month at Western Avenue School in the western suburb, police said today. The boy, who is not named because he is charged as a juvenile, faces one count each of arson and burglary and two counts of criminal damage to property in the Dec. 20, 2008, fire at the Geneva elementary school. The boy remains on electronic home ...

Nursing home warms cold students when faulty fire alarm forces Washington School evacuation (Quincy Herald-Whig)

A faulty fire alarm forced the evacuation of 266 students at Quincy's Washington School into frigid weather late Thursday morning, but a local nursing home provided refuge while firefighters and school security officials checked the building.

Extend High School: home at last (El Dorado Times)

Extend High School students began the semester in their permanent home Wednesday morning. Remodeling was completed earlier this month and Tuesday teachers and staff could be found putting the finishing touches on the new classrooms.

Boy Leaves St. Cloud School, Walks Mile in Cold (FOX 9 News Twin Cities)

A 6-year-old boy is safe, and his mother relieved but shaken, after he walked out of school in St. Cloud and marched through the cold for nearly a mile. Caedyn Menden spontaneously decided to walk home from Madison Elementary on Wednesday, causing some serious stress and concern to his mother, Bridget.

Former Home-School chief held for trial (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

Greg Wade turned to a quick source of cash, authorities say - $93,000 set for public-school children. The former Home and School Council president is ordered held for trial; a scholarship is drained.