Two bomb threats evacuate schools |
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Editor's note: In the wake of the second
bomb hoax, I inadvertently reported that it had
been found at the middle school; that report was
in error. Hopes that the rash of school bomb hoaxes in Boundary County public schools had ended were dashed this morning when yet another threat was discovered, this one written in a stall in a girl's restroom. Another threat was discovered written on the wall of a restroom stall at Naples Elementary shortly before 12:30 p.m. Over the last three years, schools have been disrupted more than 10 times by bomb threats found in the high school and middle school, the last coming October 12, 2013. Today's threat at the high school, reported shortly after 10 a.m., once again forced students to be evacuated, this time to the LDS Church, and forced law enforcement, firefighters, EMTs and other emergency services personnel to drop everything and respond. As in all previous cases, no actual threat was found and the high school was declared clear by Bonners Ferry Police Chief David Kramer at about 11:37 a.m. allowing students to return to their classes. An hour later a threat was discovered at Naples Elementary; the first time such threat has involved a county elementary school. This threat was also found written in a restroom stall. The school was cleared and students allowed back to class shortly before 1 p.m. Since the threats started appearing in 2012, two juveniles have been convicted and one student expelled, a move that prompted that boy's parents to file a tort claim against the school district. |