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A Colorado Spanish teacher has been placed on paid leave after allegedly letting students destroy a piñata with President Trump's face on it as part of a Cinco de Mayo celebration. (FOX 31)
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U.S. Congressman Raul R. Labrador keeps a calm demeanor as he answers a question even with boos from the crowd at Lewis-Clark State College, Friday, May 5, 2017, in Lewiston, Idaho. (Kyle Mills/Lewiston Tribune via AP)
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In this Tuesday, March 21, 2017 photo, Tionna Howard, left, reads the book "Cinder Edna" to Zamariah Smith during the Banneker Center after school program at Fairview Elementary School in Bloomington, Ind. Howard was once a participant in the after school program herself and has been volunteering for the past year as she continues to study for her GED. Participants at Fairview receive a scholarship from a federal grant called the 21st Century Community Learning Center Program — a program that President Donald Trump's recently released federal budget proposal would eliminate. (Chris Howell/The Herald-Times via AP)
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In this Tuesday, March 21, 2017 photo, Zamariah Smith is excited to do some coloring after reading time during the Banneker Center after school program at Fairview Elementary School in Bloomington, Ind. Participants at Fairview receive a scholarship from a federal grant called the 21st Century Community Learning Center Program — a program that President Donald Trump's recently released federal budget proposal would completely eliminate. (Chris Howell/The Herald-Times via AP)
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In this Wednesday, March 29, 2017, photo, Circleville City Schools Superintendent Jonathan Davis looks on as students are helped with their homework during an after-school program at Circleville Elementary School, in Circleville, Ohio. After-school support was a driving factor in raising the district’s graduation rate from 79 percent in 2008 to about 94 percent last year, Davis said. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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In this Wednesday, March 29, 2017 photo, students are helped with their homework in the classroom of language arts teacher Jennifer Walters during an after-school program at Circleville Elementary School, in Circleville, Ohio. Supporters of after-school programs in places like Circleville, and Concord, N.H., said the study help, social skill-building and supervision they provide is at stake if President Donald Trump’s administration cuts the main federal funding for such programs. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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In this Wednesday, March 29, 2017, photo, language arts teacher Jennifer Walters helps students with their homework during an after-school program at Circleville Elementary School, in Circleville, Ohio. Supporters of after-school programs in places like Circleville, and Concord, N.H., said the study help, social skill-building and supervision they provide is at stake if President Donald Trump’s administration cuts the main federal funding for such programs. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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In this Wednesday, March 29, 2017, photo, students play during an after-school program at Circleville Elementary School, in Circleville, Ohio. Circleville school officials said it would be difficult to keep their after-school programs going if federal funding for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program is eliminated as proposed by President Donald Trump's administration. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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In this Wednesday, March 29, 2017, photo, students play during an after-school program at Circleville Elementary School, in Circleville, Ohio. Supporters of after-school programs in places like Circleville, and Concord, N.H., said the study help, social skill-building and supervision they provide is at stake if President Donald Trump’s administration cuts the main federal funding for such programs. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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In this Wednesday, March 29, 2017 photo, students play during an after-school program at Circleville Elementary School, in Circleville, Ohio. Circleville school officials said it would be very difficult to keep their after-school programs going if federal funding for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program is eliminated as proposed by President Donald Trump's administration. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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In this Wednesday, March 29, 2017 photo, Jeff Parker, a prevention specialist from Pickaway Area Recovery Services talks to students during an after-school program at Circleville Elementary School, in Circleville, Ohio. This after-school enrichment is funded largely by the federal 21st Century Community Learning Centers, a $1.2 billion program serving about 1.6 million low-income kids nationwide that President Donald Trump proposes eliminating. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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In this Wednesday, March 29, 2017, photo, volunteer instructor Sarah Ruff, second from left, helps students with their homework during an after-school program at Circleville Elementary School, in Circleville, Ohio. Supporters of after-school programs in places like Circleville, and Concord, N.H., said the study help, social skill-building and supervision they provide is at stake if President Donald Trump’s administration cuts the main federal funding for such programs. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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In this April 5, 2017 photo, Lincoln Magnet School teacher Layne Zimmers teaches sixth- grade world history at the school in Springfield, Ill. Zimmers has been chosen as a 2017 Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic Grosvenor Teacher Fellow. Later this year she'll study the unique wildlife of the Galapagos Island with Lindblad-National Geographic expedition experts. (Rich Saal/The State Journal-Register via AP)Journal-Register via AP)
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Keido Mori's daughters Stephanie Mori-Nakao and Theresa Sueoka thumb through Keiko's senior high school yearbook with her sister Yeiko Homma. Chances are that if you've been to a Utah Jazz basketball game, you've seen Keiko Mori and Yeiko Homma on the jumbo screens. The two women always dressed in pink jerseys at Jazz games are known locally as "The Pink Grandmas." (Leah Hogsten /The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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In this Wednesday, April 19, 2017 photo, Luke Terry, who bats third in the Cornersville Middle School lineup, makes contact during the game against Cascade Middle School in Lewisburg, Tenn. Luke had his right arm amputated at 19 months. He had contracted E. coli and it eventually attacked the arm. (Helen Comer/The Daily News Journal via AP)
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In this Tuesday, April 25, 2017 photo, Pullman High School senior Brandon Libey sits in his 1967 Ford bench outside his home in Pullman, Wash. Libey built the bench as his high school senior project with mentor Steve Myers, Jr. The bench was inspired by a 1967 Ford F-100 Libey's grandfather, Gary Beedy, owned. (Geoff Crimmins/The Moscow-Pullman Daily News via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, MAY 6-8 - In this April 26, 2017 photo, Paula Birchler, center, of Lautenbach Industries, talks to a group of students about dealing with plastic waste during a STEM innovation session at Sedro-Woolley High School in Sedro-Woolley, Wash. (Scott Terrell/Skagit Valley Herald/Skagit Valley Herald via AP)
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In this April 4, 2017, photo, Crescent Valley High School junior Ruth McCullough and her flying instructor Dallas Enger prepare to depart for a flying lesson at the Corvallis Municipal Airport in Corvallis, Ore. (Andy Cripe/The Corvallis Gazette-Times via AP)
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In this April 4, 2017, photo, Ruth McCullough a Junior at Crescent Valley High School pre-flights a Cessna 172 before a flying lesson at the Corvallis Municipal Airport in Corvallis, Ore. (Andy Cripe/The Corvallis Gazette-Times via AP)
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Students march at Mexico's National Autonomous University (UNAM) after a young woman was found dead on campus in Mexico City, Friday, May 5, 2017. The woman's body was found on May 3 tied to a phone booth in the gardens next to UNAM's engineering school, according to a university statement. Her identity and cause of death were not immediately known. The banner reads in Spanish "Clarification of femicide. May 3, 2017. Not one less!" (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
