<p>On Monday five schools in our county were evacuated or went on lock down because they had received bomb threats. Yesterday three girls (two 14 and one 15) were arrested and charged with five counts of making a statement or rumor as a destrucitive device and five counts of disturbing school operations (from the local paper).</p>
<p>It is what everyone around here is talking about. Since they are juveniles, what do you think should happen? Should they be allowed back in the public schools?</p>
<p>We had a rash of bomb threats in our schools last year. After the initial bomb threat, 5 more students called in threats at their schools over the next 6 weeks or so. One student was 18 years old, and he was charged with a felony. They came down hard after the first couple of threats, and the stiff consequences were well publicized in the media. If they hadn’t I’m not sure students would have ever stopped. It was incredibly disruptive. My child was at the first school, and it really scared her initially. The punishment, imo, needs to be severe.</p>
<p>MD Mom, I heard about this on the radio today. What a shame. I just assumed expulsion would be their school discipline and they’d face other sentences for their criminal charges. Are there any other options? </p>
<p>(And, for some reason, I always pictured you in the DC suburbs, not where this occured. )</p>
<p>I am right where it occured, DougBetsy. lol</p>
<p>The punishment will probably depend on who their daddies are. I do hope that whatever it is will be severe enough as momlove says so that kids get the idea that it is not the thing to do. Their ages may benefit them in that they are pretty young.</p>
<p>This happened a couple of times in our area when my girls were in high school…can’t recall what the punishment was , but I think it should be enough to deter others from becoming copycats…it is a huge disruption to everyone involved , not to mention law enforcement and other emergency personel.</p>
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