Education

Phillip Mickles, a Barr Street Learning Center teacher who was suspended with pay last week after a discipline incident, will not be charged with a crime, according to Lancaster Police Chief Scott Grant.
“We completed our investigation and forwarded everything to our judges, including our (surveillance) videos, ” Grant said Thursday. “At the conclusion of that, he will not be charged.”
Mickles, 42, was placed on administrative leave after a “physical disturbance” March 28, according to a Lancaster Police Department report.

The Lancaster County School District received its five-year accreditation assessment this week and received a glowing review, ranking it in the top 15 percent of school systems in the country.
LCSD received an overall score of 302 from nonprofit accrediting agency AdvancED – 7.6 percent higher than the average score among all school systems assessed.
“It’s great when people recognize good things,” said Lydia Quinn, LCSD executive director of planning and accountability.

The smell of sea life stunned visitors walking into Buford Elementary School on Tuesday.

Fourth graders lined up in the hall outside a science lab wearing aprons and rubber gloves.

It was time to dissect sharks.

Some students plugged their noses to avoid the smell. Other wide-eyed students looked at the 2-foot-long dogfish sharks lined up on the counter.

Phillip Mickles, a teacher at Barr Street Learning Center, was placed on administrative leave Tuesday after an allegation that he improperly disciplined a student at the school.
According to a Lancaster Police Department report, Mickles and a student got into a “physical disturbance” Tuesday morning. Mickles advised the student to stop “leaning back in his chair,” which the student continued to do, the report said.