#10– Jefferson-Morgan School Distrct disrupted by multiple bomb threats
State Trooper Bart Lemansky addresses parents in attendance at a Jefferson-Morgan building and grounds committee meeting regarding bomb threats in the district.
Samuel Spencer
A bomb threat at a school is not too unusual but when a school district receives six in a five-week period that is another matter.
Jefferson-Morgan School District had that problem when between Dec. 15 and Nov. 19 it received six bomb threats, all in the form of written notes found in the schools or messages written on restroom walls. A seventh threat also was reported during that same time, but it was discovered after school already had let out for the day.
A student was arrested by state police in October in one of the three threats the district had received up to that date.
The district implemented steps to attempt to halt the threats, including checking the restrooms before and after students used them. It also provided counseling, particularly to younger students to help them deal with the threats and school evacuations.