FYI- they could've put new gym in parenthesis because some of the parents might not know what they mean by the field house, I know my parents didn't.

FYI- Oh I didn't realize that's what they call it. But we as the students just call it the new gym.

only have one question. Say said "bomb" was found. Is faculty trained properly to deal with the situation?

well crunch munch only takes 1 physco to set a bomb off and kill hundreds or thousands of innocent people ......wouldnt u rather be safe or ur kids safe than dead?

Only second week and this already..it's going to be a long year..

kels2593 - The field house is the new gym.

I go to Craig high school and we weren't sent to the field house, we were sent to the new gym.

maybe it was a good idea to build the "fieldhouse" now they can use it as a bomb shelter.

Well crunch -munch I rather have my child safe!

I am curious to know if the school district has discussed their policy of having untrained people search the school with their insurance company. I would think that the insurance company would be concerned that one of these people trying to help would accidently set something off if the threat was real. I understand that it is a frequent event and to call the bomb squad each time is a strain on their resources; however that is what they are there for and that is why there are such steep consequences for calling in a fake report of a bomb.

As a staff member at Craig I think things were handled very well. There is a team for these kinda things but I think it happened so fast it was asked that the teachers on prep that hour would go to the office. Shortly After that they started to dismiss halls to go to the field house. In a situation like this,I don't think anyone would have said no. I personally did some bag searchs along with many others. Everything went as smooth as it could have. Thanks to all (students and staff) for handling everything so well!

I am told that everyone who searches is a volunteer. Principal Kuehne told me he doesn't know of anyone who was asked who didn't volunteer. Admin staff from downtown and other schools also came to help, sop.
-- Gazette reporter Frank Schultz

Ok, I apologize. I got a follow-up call! THANKS!

the district’s new automated message-alert system ; finally - money well spent - best 25k they ever spent! thank you JSD.

Wow, the response was a far cry from back when I was a freshman in 2001 when we got bomb threats on a near monthly basis. Back then, we'd be broken up into two groups: one sent to St. John Vianney and the other to Roosevelt Elementary. And the Janesville SWAT team would be there to escort students out of the building before searching it, rifles at the ready. Now they send students a few feet from the school and have staff search it instead? Yay for safety! Granted, my sophomore year they sent us all the to the gym after receiving a bomb threat. I think they were growing tired of the false reports.

Policy some years ago was for substitute teachers to also search for hidden danger. I questioned if this was a rational move given substitute teachers often know the lay-out of a given school even less than anyone else in the building and would probably not be aware of things out-of-place if they did see something! Regardless, subs were considered as necessary for duty during such activities as the daily teachers.

since when do staff members search for bombs???
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Maybe these are the harsh work conditions we've been hearing about in negotiations.

Just got another call from Craig. They detailed what happened today. I like how they are doing this. Puts my mind at ease.

since when do staff members search for bombs???

I had a phone call too. I am glad to get the message, but it is also very disturbing. Hopefully this isn't going to be a school year with lots of bomb threats.

The automated system was great! Got the message both on my cell phone and my work phone. Although, I read that they had returned to classes here on the gazette. Maybe a follow-up call for those who can't access the internet during the day? I know, I'm picky. lol

Got my automated message. Nice to get that kind of notification, and to hear that your child(ren) are safe.

Someone not wanting to take a test? Stupid. They'll be caught, and then they'll be sorry. Really sorry.