Hoax Bomb Threat at Washington Latin

[Anonymous]

Maybe public high schools are more lenient but I cannot imagine any private hs tolerating such behavior or giving second chances for a bomb threat. At a private school, these miscreants would be long gone, "no ifs, ands or buts," never to be heard from again.

[Anonymous]

Lol. You don't know much about private schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lol. You don't know much about private schools.

I attended private k-12 and beyond as did DH. They were top NE schools and were notorious for kicking people out for small infractions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lol. You don't know much about private schools.

I attended private k-12 and beyond as did DH. They were top NE schools and were notorious for kicking people out for small infractions.

Unless they were the children of prominent parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lol. You don't know much about private schools.

I attended private k-12 and beyond as did DH. They were top NE schools and were notorious for kicking people out for small infractions.

Unless they were the children of prominent parents.

Not what I saw at the schools I attended. Breaking the rules got you expelled. It was very clear cut. The schools did not care about prominent parents since there were more standing in line to send their kids to the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Yet neither the school nor LEO felt it was worthy enough to evacuate.

No need-- the threat warned of an explosion on Friday and the school knew well ahead of Friday that it was a hoax. Yet in those hours of uncertainty, you could say that fear spread to a large group of people. Some people were more fearful than others-- I'm sure parents more so than cool headed administrators and LEO that were familiar with the likelihood of a hoax.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they were not expelled...

Is it fair that the student they victimized would have to face them daily as part of the Latin family?

It also seems that sending emails from other's accounts has happened repeatedly before this incident. In hindsight, the administration probably wishes they would have sdhut this practice down sooner. However, at that time they would have been lambasted for overreacting.

It's worth considering that a bomb threat adversely affects an entire school community. (I could say "victimized" but "victimization" has gone way overboard in today's society.)

Yet neither the school nor LEO felt it was worthy enough to evacuate.

What is "LEO"? Pardon me, if I'm not fluent with all of the bureaucratic acronyms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The students have started a petition on behalf of the expelled boys, asking the school to convert the expulsion to a suspension with conditions. As a parent of a student at WL, I hope they succeed. Perhaps the learning lesson WL is trying to convey to its student body is that the school will no longer tolerate such pranks and the usage of others email accounts, and thus they (students) have now been duly warned. However, because the school has allowed such behavior to go on for years, and the boys do not have a disciplinary history, WL will exhibit leniency this one and only time. In the future, everyone is warned that similar acts are tantamount to an expulsion.

But in any event, Princeton (or whatever colleges they were admitted to) is history.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they were not expelled...

Is it fair that the student they victimized would have to face them daily as part of the Latin family?

It also seems that sending emails from other's accounts has happened repeatedly before this incident. In hindsight, the administration probably wishes they would have sdhut this practice down sooner. However, at that time they would have been lambasted for overreacting.

It's worth considering that a bomb threat adversely affects an entire school community. (I could say "victimized" but "victimization" has gone way overboard in today's society.)

Yet neither the school nor LEO felt it was worthy enough to evacuate.

The fact that the school wasn't evacuated doesn't change the fact that many kids received this email and would not have the insight of the adults to know it was probably not real. My child didn't even realize it had gotten the email, but I know others whose children were really afraid of the threat.

Neither did my child, but unlike you, I am not aware of any children who were afraid, or took it serious. I think the parents were more afraid/concerned after receiving the initial emails from the HOS.

It is "seriously."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The students have started a petition on behalf of the expelled boys, asking the school to convert the expulsion to a suspension with conditions. As a parent of a student at WL, I hope they succeed. Perhaps the learning lesson WL is trying to convey to its student body is that the school will no longer tolerate such pranks and the usage of others email accounts, and thus they (students) have now been duly warned. However, because the school has allowed such behavior to go on for years, and the boys do not have a disciplinary history, WL will exhibit leniency this one and only time. In the future, everyone is warned that similar acts are tantamount to an expulsion.

But in any event, Princeton (or whatever colleges they were admitted to) is history.

When a strong gust of wind rips your winning Powerball ticket out of your hands its called "karma"...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The students have started a petition on behalf of the expelled boys, asking the school to convert the expulsion to a suspension with conditions. As a parent of a student at WL, I hope they succeed. Perhaps the learning lesson WL is trying to convey to its student body is that the school will no longer tolerate such pranks and the usage of others email accounts, and thus they (students) have now been duly warned. However, because the school has allowed such behavior to go on for years, and the boys do not have a disciplinary history, WL will exhibit leniency this one and only time. In the future, everyone is warned that similar acts are tantamount to an expulsion.

But in any event, Princeton (or whatever colleges they were admitted to) is history.

When a strong gust of wind rips your winning Powerball ticket out of your hands its called "karma"...

I mean, yeah, if you're the one who turned on the fan.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't, but sometimes you get back what you put out to the universe. I've definitely learned that in my life. All of these youngsters, the entire community, have been through a difficult time. Healing. Compassion.

[Anonymous]

If you frame someone for a bomb threat because of their religion expulsion is s very light sentence. These kids could have potentially ruined the life of a very sweet Muslim kid. These kids should be sued. Had this 'prank' not been detected xxxxx would be serving jail time
FRAMING PEOPLE FOR ACTS OF TERRORISM ISNT A PRANK

[Anonymous]

The students are enrolled in their neighborhood school...and have become somewhat the topic of conversation amongst adults but not the kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lol. You don't know much about private schools.

I attended private k-12 and beyond as did DH. They were top NE schools and were notorious for kicking people out for small infractions.

I doubt second and third generation trust fund/legacy kids were kicked out for first offenses.