Seaford Superintendent Brian Conboy explained the district’s handling to a written threat found on a Seaford Middle School bathroom wall Wednesday morning during Thursday night’s board of education meeting.
Conboy said the writing from an undetermined student mentioned a bomb but did not go into specifics of what the note said. He emphasized that the nature and timing of the note discovered at 9 a.m. made it impossible for the threat to be carried out but district officials still took precautions by notifying police, who responded to investigate the entire building. Students were not evacuated outside the building and instead were sheltered in the gym and cafeteria, which had both been determined safe by the police.
“It is very disruptive to a school day,” said Conboy, who added that the student responsible for the threat would face serious punishment.
Wednesday marked the third time in the last 27 months that a Seaford School District building was investigated by police following written threats. On Sept. 21, 2011 and Oct. 19, 2010, Seaford High School was evacuated when bomb threats were discovered written on bathroom walls.
You should call yourself "NoReason" instead of VoReason!!
"In the event of a threat being made against either the Middle School or the High School, all sports and other student extracurricular activities for all students in the affected school are suspended until the perpetrator is apprehended."
To VoReason's point.........The school administration needs to start by asking questions. Establish a timeline. Who found the note? What students have classes in the area. Make an effort so that students in the school see that a real attempt is being made to find the person. That is just the beginning. Interview janitors...teachers. Issue a statement to the students that a "severe" punishment will be issued "when" the person or persons are caught. Anything less would be a disservice to our students and community.
I haven't heard any proposal from you that would serve as either interdiction or deterrence to the juvenile delinquents who are threatening the safety and good order of our schools. What have you got to offer, please?
Both kinds of involvement by other students who were/are victims of these threats should generate a real uproar from parents over there. I can't hear any uproar though, can you? Just kids being kids, I suppose. WAKE UP!
I slipped. Thanks for reminding me. I shall try to do better going forward.