Students sent home after bomb threat at Battle Ground HS
BATTLE GROUND, Wash. - Students were sent home Thursday after a bomb threat was found in a bathroom at Battle Ground High School, a school official said.
Gregg Harrington with the Battle Ground School District said the bomb threat was found written on a wall in a boy's bathroom stall by a school janitor Wednesday night.
Harrington said the janitor contacted the principal after finding the message.
Harrington said district officials consulted with Battle Ground Police and it was decided the threat was specific enough to warrant evacuating the students.
After a search of school grounds by police and school officials, no device was found, Harrington said.
About 2,000 students attend the school. Officials used an automated system to inform parents by phone about the situation. Students boarded buses just after 9:15 a.m.
All after-school activities, including a concert and a community meeting have been canceled, Harrington said.
No specific details about the threat have been released.
Battle Ground seems to be replacing Molalla as the most troubled town in the vicinity of KATU news coverage.
Vote yes on the levy in April! Last chance!
Check for a male who had a test scheduled for today, and who wasn't ready for that; or an assignment that was due! LOL  Â
So it was testing day there??
Little early for the threat. Missed a three day weekend
I am with Jennifer O. on this one! My student attends BGHS and after receiving an automated call from the school, we found out about the threat. Then after seeing the news at noon, I am OUTRAGED that the school allowed students on campus today without checking out the real and credible threat FIRST. Whoever made that decision should be fired! It just goes to show that the school district is more concerned with receiving Federal funding for having kids in school, rather than worrying about everyone's safety. It makes a person wonder why the school district levies keep failing; parents are getting fed up with no common sense being used in our children's education and health. DO NOT PUT MY CHILDREN IN HARM'S WAY! :(
@Melody Baker I agree! If they knew about this last night,m why on earth did the students go to school this morning??? Unbelievable.Â
maybe he's one of those al qaeda student operatives
LOL!
Here's my obvious question as a mom with a student attending and living / working less than a mile away...if they found the note last night - why on this green earth did they even have school today - the kids were there for over an hour before they sent them home.
They were awaiting a loud noise?
@Jennifer Olsen Um ..money???
Now, since this is an act of terrorism,  when they find out who did it, he or she should be treated as a threat to our country and be  punished accordingly.  Life without parole at the minimum.  Maybe that would send a message to the other punks out there.
@Shadow What a perfectly reasonable use of a "life without parole" sentence for a (probable) juvenile.  The more I read your comments, the more I fear for the safety and well-being of us normal citizens.
Well, it's better than sending him to Gitmo!
@jpk Side note to your comment ~~ One of my attorneys was the JAG officer in charge of Gitmo after there was a big scandal there when the previous guy released the names of some of the prisoners to the press.  He has some very interesting stories......
The question left over is... Did they spell bomb correctly?
@Pissed0ffPirate Probably Bobm
A family member got the automated call from the elementary school. Bomb threat, no other schools being evacuated. No homes nearby being evacuated.
Kids today seem to think this is funny. Obviously, their parents might have skipped over the part where threatening others and others property is not a joke.
@Owt_Raged I remember many bomb scares when I was a kid, although I don't remember being sent home over them.
@deejm2112 @Owt_Raged Well it was a different time back in the 40's
they should close that pitiful district. bomb threats, cat killings, rampant meth use.   CLOSE IT AND START OVER.
@Pers RetireeÂ
You forgot bullying.
@oldcouvguy  true, and gay bashing , which some would call bullying, but i actually endorse gay bashing, in the name of my lord and saviour, jesus r. christ.
@Pers Retiree If memory serves me correct, yes.
@Pers Retiree @oldcouvguy What? No My dad always said H. I said once, Jesus didn't have a middle name, and he said yes he did, I said ok then what does the H stand for, and he said it stands for go to your room for being a smart mouth. Ya I'm pretty sure it's H.
@Sundowner Could be. Does he enjoy "parting the seas" so to speak?Â
@Pers Retiree Hey -- my husband's middle initial is "R".  Maybe they're related?
While I was in class reading science, suddenly an announcement that we're evacuating from a bomb threat. Sounded lke the randomest thing ever but then people were saying that they had it caged off. Scary stuff.
@Joel Deaver @Dr. Rawdog "...they had it caged off."  So was it a bum threat or a bomb threat?
@Sundowner @Joel Deaver @Dr. Rawdog Ok I think what just happened here qualifies as one of your latte sprays
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@Dr. Rawdog Hopefully they have grief counselors on campus by tommorow. to help them get through this with some sort of mental capacity left.
@Dr. Rawdog Why yes it is Dr.
Must be time for mid-terms.