Parent’s remarks trigger school lock down
By Adam Klawonn · September 21, 2009 · Print This Article
PAGE — Elementary school officials ordered a “soft lock down” at local campuses after an angry parent made comments referring to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
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The alleged comments were connected to the parent’s insistence that his son not be allowed to listen to President Barack Obama’s speech. Since Sept. 11 was coming back up, staff at Lake View Elementary saw it as a potential threat.
According to the Lake Powell Chronicle, about 300 children stayed home from school because parents were notified by an automated message about a possible threat. Parents perceived it was a bomb threat, the paper reported, and began inundating the local police department and FBI with phone calls.
The paper quotes Page police Capt. Ray Varner saying:
“We couldn’t really pin down what was said and who said it. It was something about 9-11 and since 9-11 was coming around, we thought we’d have a soft lockdown.”
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