A former student is suing her former school and one of her former teachers, alleging the administration was aware that the educator groomed her and multiple other students for improper relationships over a period of several years.

Tables burned, fish killed, computers stolen and a heartbroken teacher left to clean up the mess after vandals ransacked a special education classroom in Lake Balboa.

The "educator talent gap" currently taxing U.S. schools will skyrocket unless working conditions improve and district leaders can recruit more qualified teachers, a K-12 staffing company warns.

Schools were locked down on both sides of the state—including at least one that had just reopened after Hurricane Ian—as police raced to investigate false reports of active gunmen.