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"Extra security officers patrolled Bishop England High School over the weekend and Monday after a bomb threat was discovered.
School officials found writing in a boys' bathroom on Thursday that warned about a potential incident at the Daniel Island school on Monday, said David Held, Bishop England's Principal. Bishop England staff and Berkeley County Police checked the school twice during the weekend, and police monitored it overnight Sunday, he said.
Although the searches turned up nothing suspicious, the school increased security Monday, Held said.
Several police officers were at the school to monitor students as they arrived and watch for any potential problems, Held said.
School Principal David Held did not send a message to parents Monday morning, instead choosing to make an announcement to the students to let them know what was happening.
Officials made an announcement about the threat and assured students they were OK. If officials thought it safe enough for them to be in school, three-fourths of the student body said, they felt safe being there.
Several classes had deadlines for their research papers on Monday, and many teachers and some students speculated that was why the day was targeted."That was before the Easter break. Rumors spread like wildfire through text messaging. It worked for the 200 or so students who did not attend Bishop England that Monday. Maybe officials at AMHS should investigate a connection.
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It may come as a shock to some people, just like our many different communities, our schools don't exactly exist unconnected, operating within their separate universes.
I'm not surprised. Text messaging trumps the P and C by conveying the rest of the story...actually the part where it began. Our ancient paper is a little slow on the uptake. So what else is new?
it was really easy to blow it off as one of the students avoiding a senior thesis deadline, until last week we recieved a creepy letter talking about destroying themselves and the school, and another text messaging rumor popped up today as another (third) bomb threat there.
we're all hoping there is some dumb kid who thinks this is funny, but it's gone a little far, and the kids at magnet are under a lot more stress than most kids, and much more capable (imo) of going through with their threats
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