ok, just saw the email from d87: a written bomb threat was found on a teacher's car at West at 9:30 last night. GE police and Dupage bomb squad scour the building, were there til 2am, nothing found. parents were asked to speak with their students about threats of this nature in our current enviroment. we were told to call the principal (general school phone no. was given.)
Any comments, anyone?

My first comment is that no one should make a wisecrack about the situation on this Board. It will not be viewed kindly by anyone, particularly those investigating the matter.

MI87, I absolutely agree. My guess is some kid was hoping to get the day off. I'm hopeful that they will find out who because kids like to talk.

My initial thought, after getting the email, was that I wish parents had been notified prior to the start of the school day, so they could decided themselves whether or not to send their kids. I agree, I'm sure it was just a dumb a** attempt to get an extra day off and I sure as heck hope they find the person who left the note. And I'm also sure that every effort was made to make sure the school was safe...but...IF something had happened and parents had only received information about the threat hours after the start of school, even though they obviously knew about it long before then, a potentially tragic situation would have been even worse. Have school systems learned nothing after Virginia Tech? Don't they think students and families have the right to know about threats - even unverified - made against them?

Now, all this is moot if they had learned the identity of the perpetrator, and knew it to be just a prank, but that was not what the email said.

A note came home with the students today. I did not get the email from West. I bet the letter and email were basically the same.

Whenever a bomb threat is made now, the police, school officials, and bomb squad folks do an INCREDIBLY thorough search for any possible problem so I am not at all upset that we weren't told earlier. I didn't get the e-mail and amazingly, my somewhat anxious freshman didn't say a word. My friend forwarded the e-mail to me mid-day. I was not alarmed and glad it happened the evening before. I think the school handled it well.

And yes, kids do talk and it's highly likely that school officials will figure out who wrote the note.

was the threat toward the teacher or the school? why was it left on a teacher's car? boy, i'd be scared if someone left a bomb threat on my car.

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Originally posted by middlein87:
My first comment is that no one should make a wisecrack about the situation on this Board. It will not be viewed kindly by anyone, particularly those investigating the matter.

How did I miss this one? Oh, yeah....I was not in the country. I just read about the threat today in the GE Sun.

Now about the wisecracking, Middle, DON'T YOU LISTEN TO WHAT ALL OUR VILLAGE LEADERS SAY??? NO ONE OF ANY IMPORT READS THIS BOARD...EVER! Wisecrack away with impunity.

Didn't Tony Rio get some unwanted knocks on the door for something similar??

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Originally posted by middlein87:
Didn't Tony Rio get some unwanted knocks on the door for something similar??

You, of course, know I was kidding. Clam got some visits too, and will get more given his most recent revelation.