BFHS a 'closed campus' due to threats
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March 7, 2013 |
When students get to school on Monday, March 11,
they're going to find things a bit different. If
students want to eat, they'll eat what's served
in the lunchroom or bring their own.
From the beginning of the school day until it's
time to go home, students will no longer be
allowed off-campus ... no jaunts to Safeway,
Mario's or the Badger Den for lunch. No
wandering out for a breath of the approaching
spring air between classes.
In a terse letter telling students of the change
this afternoon before sending notes home to
parents or informing local media, superintendent
Dick Conley imposed sanctions on every BFHS
student as a Draconian measure not familiar to
many who have matriculated in Boundary County.
"I didn't want angry parents texting or calling
students on cell phones before I had the
opportunity to tell the students myself," Conley
said. "These threats to our schools and our
students have to end, and this is one of the few
allowable tools left at our disposal."
The stern measure may not directly bother the
few students responsible. In fact, it likely
won't bother them much at all. But the measure
will certainly affect the trust of the estimated
99-percent of good students being denied their
freedom through the loss of trust wrought by the
few.
"This has to end," Mr. Conley said. "These
threats are hurting the students who are working
hard to gain an education, they're costing our
community considerably, and drastic measures are
obviously necessary to get the point across."
Students who have never experienced a closed
campus are likely to be shocked. Parents may be
even moreso.
Basically, it means locked doors. As in jail.
If students arrive before the gates are opened,
they have to wait. I they arrive late, they have
to beg admittance, and their absence is already
noted.
And once in, the doors out don't open until the
final bell rings without a warden holding the
key.
Closed high school campuses have been around
forever; typically in the boroughs of high crime
cities or in places where going outside might be
a danger to the students the school is sworn to
teach and protect.
Never before in Bonners Ferry. Until now. |
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