{"id":75350,"date":"2017-10-12T22:01:46","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T04:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/bayfield-middle-school-evacuated-thursday-morning-for-bomb-scare\/"},"modified":"2017-10-13T04:01:46","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T04:01:46","slug":"bayfield-middle-school-evacuated-thursday-morning-for-bomb-scare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/bayfield-middle-school-evacuated-thursday-morning-for-bomb-scare\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayfield Middle School evacuated Thursday morning for bomb scare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"Bayfield
Bayfield Middle School was evacuated Thursday morning after a student brought a spool of wire and a 9-volt battery to school and was calling it a bomb.<\/span>Melanie Mazur\/Pine River Times<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Bayfield Middle School was evacuated Thursday morning for a student who brought a spool of wire and a 9-volt battery to school and was calling it a bomb.<\/p>\n

The boy told students that if they told anyone about it, he would hurt them.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when some students reported the incident to teachers, prompting an evacuation of the building Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

Bayfield Marshal Joe McIntyre said his staff searched the boy\u2019s house Thursday afternoon with the parents\u2019 consent, and deputies did not find anything suspicious.<\/p>\n

Deputies are checking computers and internet sites the boy may have accessed, as well.<\/p>\n

The student has been suspended, but McIntyre said he did not know for how long.<\/p>\n

The Marshal\u2019s Office and school officials will conduct a threat assessment to see if anyone has any further concerns about the situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll in all, we got the outcome we needed,\u201d McIntyre said. \u201cWe found the item, and the school staff dealt with the situation the best they could.\u201d<\/p>\n

The student\u2019s father said it was a homemade phone charger, McIntyre said.<\/p>\n

Once school staff members found out about the items, they decided to evacuate the school. A bomb-detection dog from the La Plata County Sheriff\u2019s Office searched the building \u201cand didn\u2019t hit on anything,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was never any danger to staff or students,\u201d McIntyre said.<\/p>\n

The student left campus and was taken for a medical evaluation, McIntyre said.<\/p>\n

During the evacuation, students and staff members were directed out to the bus parking lot, then moved inside to the sixth-grade hallway.<\/p>\n

Marshal\u2019s deputies searched the building, then students went back to class.<\/p>\n

After the incident, several parents came to the school and took their children home.<\/p>\n

Some parents criticized the school district\u2019s response.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst, I called the school because my son had texted me from class and was a little panicked,\u201d said Jennifer Chamblee, the mother of a seventh-grader. \u201cThey told me the school was secure; everyone was fine and back in class.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chamblee said when she asked if she should take her son from school, she was told to call the superintendent\u2019s office. Chamblee said she wasn\u2019t able to reach Amy Lyons, the interim superintendent.<\/p>\n

\u201cA whole bunch of kids were crying,\u201d said one student at the school.<\/p>\n

Parents received a message and text about 10 a.m. notifying them of the potential threat and that the school was evacuated.<\/p>\n

In an email sent at 3 p.m. Thursday, Lyons said it is the school district\u2019s goal to respond quickly and provide accurate information.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe school district\u2019s response efforts are determined by what will keep Bayfield students and staff most safe,\u201d she wrote in a letter to parents. \u201cOnce this is determined, response communication begins.\u201d<\/p>\n

School District response 3 p.m (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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