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<blockquote data-quote="dreamer" data-source="post: 154499" data-attributes="member: 1697"><p>the 2 instances where a bomb really was found were documented by police cief to us Mon nite.....had allso been confirmed via newspaper when they occured-- cannot remember exactly when it was.....so- there is some fear becuz there really have been bombs, not sure how powerful etc...maybe they were relatively harmless, but....</p><p>Many of our kids here had loved ones, family and friends at NIU, too. SO the kids are on edge. Heck so are some of theteachers, and staff....</p><p></p><p>I know our HS lost their state money for school last Fri due to how many kids were not there, but had they ASKED parents or teachers, they would have found out that once the elec went off and the generators failed in between them getting the threat and the date of the threat- they would have KNOWN so many kids and staff would not be AT school Friday, anyway. </p><p>I am finding difficulty in school useing the absence due to bomb threat in a punishible manner.....this removes a parents choice to take risks.....or not take risks.....similar to our policy here on snow days etc. Seems the more kids that are absent on such days, the harder the school comes down on kids who did not attend school. Typically when districts all around us close for severe weather, our school does not. They do not have late start due to weather, either...and normal discipline for tardies etc applies. On days when other districts here do call a snow day, we have many car accidents here with kids trying to get to school, and even our busses have severe problems, but our school is hard nosed. </p><p></p><p>It all just leaves me unsettled...and seems to me to undermine parents decisions as to safety of our kids. </p><p>The police admitted to us at our police meeting Mon nite that they did not know WHY the elec went off Thursday...yet they put all the kids in the locked gym? when there is an active bomb threat? </p><p></p><p>I sure will be glad when this school year is over and I no longer have any kids in this public school system. They have repeatedly shown serious lack of good judgement for years......</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dreamer, post: 154499, member: 1697"] the 2 instances where a bomb really was found were documented by police cief to us Mon nite.....had allso been confirmed via newspaper when they occured-- cannot remember exactly when it was.....so- there is some fear becuz there really have been bombs, not sure how powerful etc...maybe they were relatively harmless, but.... Many of our kids here had loved ones, family and friends at NIU, too. SO the kids are on edge. Heck so are some of theteachers, and staff.... I know our HS lost their state money for school last Fri due to how many kids were not there, but had they ASKED parents or teachers, they would have found out that once the elec went off and the generators failed in between them getting the threat and the date of the threat- they would have KNOWN so many kids and staff would not be AT school Friday, anyway. I am finding difficulty in school useing the absence due to bomb threat in a punishible manner.....this removes a parents choice to take risks.....or not take risks.....similar to our policy here on snow days etc. Seems the more kids that are absent on such days, the harder the school comes down on kids who did not attend school. Typically when districts all around us close for severe weather, our school does not. They do not have late start due to weather, either...and normal discipline for tardies etc applies. On days when other districts here do call a snow day, we have many car accidents here with kids trying to get to school, and even our busses have severe problems, but our school is hard nosed. It all just leaves me unsettled...and seems to me to undermine parents decisions as to safety of our kids. The police admitted to us at our police meeting Mon nite that they did not know WHY the elec went off Thursday...yet they put all the kids in the locked gym? when there is an active bomb threat? I sure will be glad when this school year is over and I no longer have any kids in this public school system. They have repeatedly shown serious lack of good judgement for years...... [/QUOTE]
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