Bomb threats are nothing new. Hell, we had them when I was in high school. Most the threats I had in school were called in during band, and our band director was Charles Smith. He never let us leave the bandhall. We practiced right through the threat. He knew they were a hoax. ( I don't think he really cared if we were blown up or not...)
Today is another story. People today are well, nuts.
The best handling of a bomb threat was done by Jerry McEarchern, that's right, Coach Mac.
We had a threat on a Monday morning and he put the entire high school in the far North stands, facing the sun. Coach Mac wondered if the threat was called in because I had a test that day? ( There wasn't.)
We sat there for about 3 1/2 hours.
This was in the day before everyone had a cell phone to call Mommy to come and get them because they might sit in the sun and get some Vitamin D and cure their Rickets.
It got hot. It got uncomfortable. We got cranky. We were late to lunch..........We didn't have another bomb threat for a few years....
I don't know if they can do it that way now, but I would give it a try....
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