Comments on: HPHS Evacuates After New Note Surfaces

By: hp parent

hp parent — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:18:40 +0000

This is so unfortunate. Feel so sorry for the Vball players and parents who have worked so hard and have had such a great season. Major rip off for the seniors. Feel sorry for taxpayers who pay for this. I hope this prankster/d-bag gets caught and gets his butt put in jail.

By: A. B.

A. B. — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:51:35 +0000

Hopefully we can bill the prankster for the volleyball dinner, bomb squad, helicopters, etc.

By: Cat girl

Cat girl — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 04:16:04 +0000

Sounds like they think it was a prank. Letter just went out to parents. Dogs picked up on chemical scent that turned out to be harmless so banquet was evacuated as a precaution. School will resume tomorrow.

By: Vballmom

Vballmom — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 04:12:06 +0000

Yes- the notes were bomb threats. The building was evacuated at 6 pm so that the dogs and squad could investigate. Apparently , they found something suspicious enough to cause them to shut down the building entirely. There was a need for more squads and searches (they still felt like it was a hoax – possibly cleaning fluid or something else toxic but understandably had to still make sure there was no danger). The consequence was the cancellation of the Volleyball end of year banquet as well as added security, nummerous police, dogs, helicopters and special bomb squads. Unfortunately, the Volleyball banquet food had already arrived , which resulted in a loss of approximately $2000 in expenses. What a waste- I wonder if the prankster is aware it is a third degree felony?

By: Cat girl

Cat girl — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 02:50:37 +0000

Volleyball banquet was evacuated at HP tonight. I drove by & a firetruck, ambulance & the bomb squad was there. Supposedly, a bomb was found, but that is not confirmed. Something had to have happened for them to be evacuated.

By: Dscott

Dscott — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 02:21:18 +0000

I spoke with an officer on site who was waiting for bomb squad to sweep the building tonight. He said it was routine process and expected low probability of finding anything. Fingers crossed that’s true and that the find out who wrote the note.

By: Bibliomaniac

Bibliomaniac — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 02:14:56 +0000

From DallasNews.com:

Helen Williams, a district spokeswoman, said both notes were bomb threats, and both were in the same bathroom.

University Park police used bomb-sniffing dogs to search the building. There will be heightened security at school Friday and school officials will continue to look for any students who may have been involved.

By: HP Parent

HP Parent — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 01:56:04 +0000

I have heard from other parents that the first note actually mentioned a gun being in the school and that people who had bullied the author of the note would be shot. If that is true us parents have the right to know such a horrific thing!

By: Chuck Cox

Chuck Cox — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:52:54 +0000

My understanding is it was a bomb threat.

By: Georgia Fisher

Georgia Fisher — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:16:41 +0000

Hi all,

I’ll update you as soon as we have a little more information. I’d love to know what the notes said.

@JustAnotherMom: I heard the same thing at some point, but haven’t confirmed as much.