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Pine Forest High Put On Lockdown After Suspicious Item Found
January 6, 2011
Pine Forest High School was placed on lock down Thursday after a student alerted a faculty member to suspicious item in another student’s bag.
The item turned out to be an electronic or computer part that belonged in a school project the student was working on. A bomb squad was called to the scene, and the item blasted with a water cannon to ensure it was safe as precaution, according to the State Fire Marshal’s Office.
A portion of the school was evacuated as a precaution while authorities checked out the item.
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11 Responses to “Pine Forest High Put On Lockdown After Suspicious Item Found”
Why didn’t the school board call the homes of the students who attend Pine Forest and give them a heads up? I would have rather found out by the school and not the local morning news.
I’m glad that this situation had a good ending. However, I do have a question. There seem to be several students posting that attend Pine Forest. Did the lockdown occur during English class? Teenager or adult, it doesn’t matter. If you want to be taken seriously, make sure it doesn’t look like a preschooler wrote your message.
ALL is WELL that ENDS WELL!
Everyone is safe and sound. These are your Children. Is that not what is important?
if that other kid would have only minded his own business we would have not gone on lock down
we went on lock down the 5th and 6th wow!
and we went on lock down 1st period 2day
come on people ghet it together, get your facts from a student at pine forest we were actuall there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The robot did carry it to the parking where it exploded. Parents in the parking and students in the gym could both see it explode with their own eyes. I wouldn’t always believe a teenager over a news story, however I would believe reliable adult witnesses before a police report.
It was a computer membrane that was going to explode, someone did some faulty wiring on it an it was going to explode. The bomb squad had to take it in the parking and exploded it, a lot of the students heard it so I believe they didn’t hit it with water because no one saw them do it but whatever lol
Since the student’s school project was ruined, will he/she get extra time now to do another one?
LOL oh yeah, I’d believe a teenager before a reliable news source.
Wonder why they blasted it if it was something reasonable like a school project component?
Three hours is a bit excessive for this, isn’t it?
>>Our 10th grader told us they were on lock down for 3 hours, ate lunch at 2 pm and something was detonated. Doesn’t sound like your facts are right.
Nothing was detonated. The item was hit with water cannon by the bomb squad just to make sure it was OK, as the story states.
Our 10th grader told us they were on lock down for 3 hours, ate lunch at 2 pm and something was detonated. Doesn’t sound like your facts are right.