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I'm dealing with a lot of frustrated parents regarding how to deal with threats made at school. Several weeks ago, a threat of a kid going to shoot students at Washburn Rural High School led to half the student body not going to classes.....the danger spread via text messaging. Just this week, Seaman saw a sophomore student allegedly threaten as many as 21 other kids by drawing stick figures and a gunman pointing a gun at them. Some parents of the threatened kids say the district needed to do more to assure them their kids are safe and the alleged threat is being dealt with. School officials want to react responsibly, after Virginia Tech and Columbine.....but they also are aware many threats are just words put out by troubled, but not dangerous, kids. And the Schools are also restricted legally as to what they can do to a student in a threat incident. What if DA Robert Hecht decides a criminal charge is not warranted against the Seaman student and he goes back to classes after his suspension? Do all our local schools have a written Emergency Response Plan. I have the one used by USD 501, dated October 07. It deals with threats by students, bomb threats, hostage situations, bio hazards, lock downs, explosions, severe weather.....the whole gamut. What do my bloggers think? If you were the superintendent of a high school or middle school, and you knew you were going to get 4-5 student against student threats a year.....and all of your past threats have been bogus, how would you deal with it the next time you get one?
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