The Worthington Times

Last Monday morning at WRV High School, a note found in the girls’ restroom in the junior high area carried a threatening message. It was taken very seriously and the school was evacuated.

As students left the building, law enforcement officers went in. While students waited on the track and baseball fields well away from the building, administrators made the decision to dismiss for the day at all three WRV schools. Word spread quickly through the community and parents arrived in short order to pick up students. All possessions in the school and all cars in the parking lot had to be left behind so student drivers took buses or found other ways to get home.

Much later in the day, an all-clear signal went out and students were allowed to return for necessities from the school and vehicles from the lot.

School was in session as normal on Tuesday morning when this paper went to press.

By many accounts related to the Times by parents and by students who were there, the WRV community can breathe a small sigh of relief, because students and school are safe, and because we now see a well-thought-out plan in place, administrators who do not hesitate, teachers who remain calm, and parents who do not panic but react quickly.

We all hope this plan is never tested again, but it is nice to know that WRV has been doing their homework.