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Teachers OK'd students skipping class to join anti-Trump protests You’re excused — now go fight the power! A group of maverick history teachers at elite Beacon HS in Manhattan let their kids skip class Tuesday to join a Trump...
Teen with fear of large crowds asking for school reassignment A Brooklyn girl with a debilitating fear of large crowds is asking a judge to let her enroll in a small Upper West Side high school. The student, a 14-year-old...
Students' families suing city over botched 'fireball' science experiment The families of two Beacon HS students who were hurt when a science experiment turned into a blazing fireball are suing the city, Department of Education and the chemistry teacher...
Boy sues NYC over HS chemistry experiment burn The family of a 16-year-old boy who was severely burned when a high school ​chemistry experiment went horribly haywire is suing the city for $27 million over his injuries. Parents Yvonne...
'Oh my god I set a kid on fire' “Oh, my God, I set a kid on fire!” That’s what a 10th-grade teacher shouted after her botched chemistry lab demonstration at the prestigious Upper West Side Beacon School left...
Student was engulfed in flames & lost ear in botched science experiment A Beacon School student lost an ear and “looked like a victim from a battlefield” after being badly burned during his teacher’s botched science experiment, a city probe revealed Thursday....
Teacher whose chem experiment injured two students reassigned A chemistry teacher involved in an experiment that badly burned two students at the elite Beacon School on the Upper West Side has been reassigned pending an investigation, officials said...
FDNY slaps Beacon HS over chem-lab catastrophe FDNY investigators hit elite Beacon School with eight safety violations stemming from last week’s lab explosion that injured two students, officials said Thursday. No fines will be assessed as long...
Safety lapses eyed in Beacon School chemistry fire A Beacon School chemistry teacher accidentally poured highly explosive methyl alcohol directly into a still-flaming crucible, and her students had no safety gear or barrier to protect them from the...