The Bomb

On Monday we had a bomb threat at our school. At noon, just as I had sat down with my lunch, we were told to evacuate the building. A note had been found, or perhaps written on the wall, in the boys' bathroom stating that there was a bomb in the school. While this was later found to be nothing more than a "prank" precautions must be taken. Everyone left the school, walked across the street to the elementary school, where we all stayed in the gym for the next two-and-a-half hours. I have to say that our kids were very well behaved. Many of them were frustrated and angry, as were many of us faculty members. A DVD player and projector were brought into the gym and Pirates of the Carribean was shown up on the wall to keep them occupied. It was an unpleasant and frustrating situation.

Today at 1:00 p.m., an announcement came over the p.a. system to once again evacuate the building. This time (I learned later) a similar note was found in the girls' locker room. The frustration level among faculty and students was magnified today. Once was bad enough, but two days in a row was patently absurd. It was a bit harder to keep the kids placated today. Nothing was found in either case, and I suspect that the second incident was a copycat of the first, rather than part of an orchestrated plan. I am not privy to any of the investigation that is occuring, but I certainly hope that this situation gets resolved quickly. This is getting ridiculous. No, not "getting," it started out that way and is getting worse.