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Carroll County school placed on lockdown earlier this week

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May 10th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

(corrected from earlier posting to indicate the district is in Carroll County, NOT Guthrie Co.)

A Carroll County school district was placed under lockdown earlier this week, after negative comments directed primarily at the superintendent, were allegedly made by a member of the community.  In a statement, Coon Rapids-Bayard Superintendent Rich Stoffers said the district was placed on lock down Monday morning after school personnel received perceived threats from a community member. Stoffers said an off hand comment with “direct” remarks by a community member were received by school personnel approximately 6:45 a.m., Monday.

Police were notified and while an investigation was underway into the “verbal threat,”  the school was “locked down” for about 90 minutes. The threat amounted to someone saying they “Wouldn’t want to work for” Stoffers.  A police investigation determined determined no crime had been committed, the lock down was terminated and students and staff were advised to continue with normal schedules and activities.

Stoffers said he was “Very proud of (the)  staff and students for listening, following directives, and keeping their focus on their classes and academics throughout the (morning), even though it was somewhat of a ‘stressful’ start to the work week” for school employees.