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State police say bomb threat at Octorara High School was hoax

Nov 11, 2009 20:43 EST

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Students in Octorara Area School District were sent home early and evening activities at the Atglen schools were canceled after a bomb threat at the high school forced the evacuation of the high school and middle school and sent other district buildings into lock-down mode Wednesday.

The bomb threat was received at the school about 9:45 a.m., according to a posting on the district's Web site. State police from the Avondale barrack searched the building before declaring the bomb report a hoax at 4:30 p.m.

Bomb-sniffing dogs and bomb technicians from Hershey were called to the schools for the search, Trooper March Knock said.

During the incident, students from the middle and high schools were evacuated to the nearby elementary school before being sent home for the day shortly after noon.

District officials used an emergency telephone system to notify parents of the situation.

Calls for comment to the high school, middle school and administrative offices were not returned.

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QUOTE (citizen-too @ Nov 11 2009, 03:07 PM)

A camera won't catch a phone call unless it was made from under the camera.

That fact is apparent but this was the selling point on putting 109 cameras into use at Manheim Central.

4sure

Wat is the punishment to these kids, assuming they are kids for doing this? In our area, we had a kid do this just to get out of school, and hardly anything was done. This is BS, can you imagine what the parents go thru getting that call, and the not knowing if its true or not. You simply can not put anything past anyone anymore. Our trust has been shattered, and we have to find a way to get it back. We have to come down really hard on these kids, really hard, and that includes my kids if they did this crap too. Once again, assuming if it is kids.

litlmo

QUOTE (4sure @ Nov 11 2009, 02:14 PM)

That fact is apparent but this was the selling point on putting 109 cameras into use at Manheim Central.

Wait a minute, there are 109 cameras in Manheim Central SCHOOL DISTRICT? Who's organizing the march on this invasion of privacy?

herewegoagain

QUOTE (herewegoagain @ Nov 11 2009, 07:18 PM)

Wait a minute, there are 109 cameras in Manheim Central SCHOOL DISTRICT? Who's organizing the march on this invasion of privacy?

The cameras operate only by motion detection and are all installed on school property, not throughout the community. The school resource officer can view the image only through a secure website.

gardenguy

Doesn't matter -- the threat came from a note found in a bathroom, not a phone call. And obviously they can't put cameras in the bathrooms. Security had nothing to do with this.

twloha3

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