It takes a special kind of stupid...

[Mopar]

You cant fix stupid as Ron White says, but you sure as hell can call the local media and tell them about it. Maybe then the principal will have to press charges.

 

[gypsyjim]

Instead of "handing it internally", the principal would have been far better off handling it externally, by walking the teacher to the door, and into the hands of the police. That would show the school off in a far better light, when parents learn, as always happens eventually.

 

[Cave Diver]

That is also a felony I believe!

Apparently not. The principal wasn't offering any info about it, so my sister went to the local PD and spoke with a detective. He said for it to be a felony it had to meet criteria a,b,c, which it didn't so it was only a misdemeanor. That left it up to the principal about whether he wanted to press charges or not.

 

[Cave Diver]

Good way to get arrested.


Typically that's charged as a Felony Terrorist Threat now days.


What the principal is really saying is "we don't want our private school (where people pay money monthly) in the news that we are having bomb threats, by our own teachers"

Meaning he's trying to do damage control to keep the media out of it and the parents from pulling kids, which means pulling money.....



here's the law for you in Texas...:


Texas Penal Code - Section 42.06. False Alarm Or Report

§ 42.06. FALSE ALARM OR REPORT.

(a) A person commits an offense if he knowingly initiates, communicates or circulates a
report of a present, past, or future bombing, fire, offense, or
other emergency that he knows is false or baseless and that would
ordinarily:

(1) cause action by an official or volunteer agency organized to deal with emergencies;

(2) place a person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury; or

(3) prevent or interrupt the occupation of a building, room, place of assembly, place to which the public has access, or aircraft, automobile, or other mode of conveyance.​

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor unless the false report is of an emergency involving a public primary or secondary school, public communications, public transportation, public water, gas, or power supply or other public service, in which event the offense is a state jail felony​

Good find Mike, I'll have to forward that to her. Thanks

I wonder if the fact that this is private school negates that public thing?

 

[Teamcasa]

.....The joke? On Friday, a bomb threat was called into the office, who then notified the police and fire departments. Ok, so not the swiftest idea, but kids will be kids and you never know what highschoolers will do for kicks sometimes.

Except it wasnt a high school kid. It was a staff member. Of the daycare.

You are right, stupid.

But the good news is that staffer will not have to worry about their jab any more. They only have to worry about the quality of their new public defender.

 

[Cave Diver]

You cant fix stupid as Ron White says, but you sure as hell can call the local media and tell them about it. Maybe then the principal will have to press charges.

Knowing my sister, I wouldn't doubt if that idea isn't still on the table.

She chose this school because it has an excellent curriculum and staff and her kids have been there since they started school. The principal is new and just after he came in he made a bunch of changes that they've already butted heads over.

 

[gypsyjim]

Apparently not. The principal wasn't offering any info about it, so my sister went to the local PD and spoke with a detective. He said for it to be a felony it had to meet criteria a,b,c, which it didn't so it was only a misdemeanor. That left it up to the principal about whether he wanted to press charges or not.

The answer to that is parental pressure. The principal of a private school has a lot more to lose if the parents talk boycott.
A little pressure might help him make the correct decision to press charges and dismiss the idiot, before he harms someone's kids.

 

[Mike]

I think its commendable for the principal to handle it internally.

People are way to sue happy in this world. The staff member is an idiot, he isn't a criminal or a terrorist. How about he gets reprimanded and whatever internal policies they have are used and that's the end of it.

No kid was injured, killed or permanenly scarred for life. The staff member is stupid, that's about it. How would this have been handled 50 years ago, before today when everybody needs some sort of pound of flesh from everybody else and needs to make lawyers rich?

 

[Cave Diver]

The answer to that is parental pressure. The principal of a private school has a lot more to lose if the parents talk boycott.
A little pressure might help him make the correct decision to press charges and dismiss the idiot, before he harms someone's kids.

Unfortunately it's a Christian school and the principal is also the pastor of the church. Based on things she's told me and things I've seen for myself it seems like most of the parents (and parishioners) have had too much of his kool-aide and think he's the best thing since sliced bread. My sister and her husband are way more religious than I am, and some of the past antics of this preacher in the last 6 months have almost made them stop going to church altogether.

 

[gypsyjim]

Unfortunately it's a Christian school and the principal is also the pastor of the church. Based on things she's told me and things I've seen for myself it seems like most of the parents (and parishioners) have had too much of his kool-aide and think he's the best thing since sliced bread. My sister and her husband are way more religious than I am, and some of the past antics of this preacher in the last 6 months have almost made them stop going to church altogether.

THAT paints an entirely new picture. Sounds like your sister may be on the losing side of this one.
Throw in Religion, and it can be a real game changer, especially when up against an self anointed "leader", with a flock of sheep behind him.