School suspends student for possession of acne medication, and more

School suspends student for possession of acne medication

A Virginia middle-school student was suspended for possessing antibiotics. Hayley Russell, 13, says that the pills found in her locker were prescribed by her dermatologist for acne, and clearly had no recreational use. But officials ruled that Russell had hidden a “controlled substance” in her locker and thus “put the safety and well-being of other students and staff at risk.”

Mother sues preschool for daughter's dim chances with Ivy League

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A New York City woman is suing her daughter’s preschool for hurting the child’s chances of making it into the Ivy League. Nicole Imprescia says that “getting a child into the Ivy League starts in nursery school,” and that the $19,000-a-year York Avenue Preschool dumped her 4-year-old daughter, Lucia, into a class of 3-year-olds, where undue emphasis was placed on “shapes and colors.”