The last thing the school needed was the parents of 666 students calling or showing up, creating a completely new situation to deal with on top of a threat with a potential weapon on site. Had this been a real emergency, with real weapons, all staff would need to focus on the safety of the students, securing the building, preventing tragedy instead of making phone calls and then dealing with the onslaught of increased attention. The child probably thought that they would get to stay out of school for the day. I don’t think kids under 10 should have a cell phone at school as they aren’t mature enough to use it properly.

Simply astonishing….I hope the school disciplines this child to the fullest extent, I really don’t care how old they are.  Be sure the other children realize what kind of trouble they could get into if they do stuff like this. Ban a cell phone from this child alone, to emphasize to the other kids what they too could lose. This child’s parents must be really proud. I pray this child gets a little home discipline too!

And just how do you think they would have notified the parents of 666 students at 9am this morning without causing unnecessary panic and disruption to the school day?  Seriously?  Parents were notified with a note home with their children.  I think it was handled wonderfully.  This was a touchy situation and administration made the choices needed to keep your child safe—you should be thankful!

WTF…why weren’t parents notified…why did we hear/read about it in the online paper!!!