BETH??? You will not believe this, but I just looked at our paper and our school is on lockdown for a bomb threat that was left in the girl's locker room. The note said that a bomb would go off within 2 wks. They have officials here trying to do a handwriting ID on the note.

They have bomb sniffing dogs, sheriff's dept, all kinds of action at the school and it was the MIDDLE school. This mess is hitting too close to home.

We are consolidated w/3 towns, but it's the school in TH that had the threat!. YIKES! So far, they haven't found anything in the school.

I worry for my Grandkids, growing up in this cruel crazy world, the way it is, today.

So sorry for your scare, Beth and MaryAnn..

I'm so glad my boys are out of high school. Things are so much different today than they were when I was in school.

I think the biggest thing that ever happened at the high school I attended was the day we had a streaker run across the back yard of the school!!! We were all hanging out the windows of the home-ec room to watch!!

Copycats will try and do the bomb threat thing at their own schools now. Sad thing is that none of them can be ignored. The ramifications need to be severe enough to make these kids think twice before pulling such a stunt.

I know what your'e saying Kell~ I couldn't believe Char's thread and when I picked up our paper and saw the same thing in my teeny town. It literally floored me. I think it's awful and if they catch the kid, I hope they don't let them hide behind their parents.

Our schools are now on total lockdown, police, state officials, etc. IL is already poor, so now $$$ has to go to protecting our kids against whether someone was being a smart **** or the real thing.

I'm fuming over this. I have a nephew and niece in that school!.

It's in the middle school for crying out loud!! Just hoping the signature specialist can come up w/something OR someone rats the perp out.

Let me go down and shake em down!!!

Back in 1981 a friend of mine did this...so school would be let out. It worked. He didn't get caught....that was before terrorism. I suspect that is the motive here...

i could be way off base here but i think kids today have anger issues that weren't prevalent in "my" day.

the disintegration of families may be a factor.
that girl should be held accountable. and so should her parent(s).
unless she's a really bad kid i wonder what call for help she's giving.
the fact that she was new and wasn't making friends made me empathize with her a bit.

That is scary! It used to be that parents felt 'safe' when their kids were in school. Now, regardless of level, there is always someone somewhere 'playing with fire'. Even if it is just 'smoke', it has to be checked. I agree that apprehending the culprit is extremely important.

It is important for parents to determine how their own children feel as well as how they feel. :My heart goes out to you.