Bomb threat forces evacuation of high schoolBy Andy Paras (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Thursday, November 13, 2008
MONCKS CORNER — Berkeley High School students missed four hours of class Wednesday while authorities searched the school after a bomb threat. Officials cleared the school around 8 a.m. after someone found the threat written on a bathroom wall. Students returned to class around noon when officers using bomb-sniffing dogs determined no explosives were inside the school. Students were released about an hour later because it was already scheduled as a half-day, said Rodney Thompson, secondary schools supervisor for the school district. "It's unfortunate we lost the majority of an instructional day dealing with this prank," Thompson said. "The consequences of that will be a felony charge and a recommendation for expulsion when we catch the culprit." The Moncks Corner Police Department is investigating the incident. Officials said a $250 reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible. Anyone with information can contact the school's school resource officer or the Moncks Corner Police Department at 719-7930. Thompson said police swept the high school gym first so students could stay out of the cold if they chose to. He said the cafeteria also was swept early so lunch could be prepared for all students, 30 students at a time. School officials said a bomb has never been found inside a school, but they're often forced to clear the schools out as a precaution. Reach Andy Paras at aparas@postandcourier.com or 745-5891. |
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Posted by lemonhead on November 13, 2008 at 4:58 a.m. (Suggest removal)
this has to stop,the middle school has had a bomb threat every week for the last 6 months or more,why they want to blow up a school i just dont know
Posted by thebugqueen01 on November 13, 2008 at 8:11 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I went to West Ashley High. There was a bomb threat (well several of them) and we were evacuated to the staduim. we were out there for what seemed like hours. I got sun burned like crazy.
Posted by islandbenzbc on November 13, 2008 at 8:16 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I would start looking for the culprit in a class that had a big test scheduled for the morning of the bomb threat...
Posted by ColdBud on November 13, 2008 at 11:44 a.m. (Suggest removal)
A sign of the times. I went through a few bomb threats when I was in school... a long time ago... none of them ever made the paper. Back then they were treated the same as some student setting off the fire alarm.
Posted by dhshjh on November 13, 2008 at 12:12 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I agree coldbud. We had bomb threats all the time. It was just a prank to get out of school for a little while. But in these times they have to be more careful because of all the real dangers in school. Just like fighting. Kids have always had fights and all they got was, maybe, detention. Now they get arrested. Pranks are nothing new. I know we have to be careful now, but sometimes I think the kids feel that they may as well go all they way since they are in the same amount of trouble whatever they do. The punishments do not always fit the crime.
Posted by theronce on November 13, 2008 at 2:54 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Yes, times have changed. Many young people today think that they are special and have no limits or have no moral guidance and control. My buddies and I all had pocket knives. We occasionally fought at school, punching and rasslin', and got our butts torn up for it before being sent back to class (bummer). We didn't all have a car or truck; but if we were going hunting after school, we had at least one vehicle loaded down with weapons...no big deal.