Early this morning, law enforcement met with administration to do a second sweep prior to students arriving. A clean criminal record is essential to proving to the public you are worthy of public servitude, according to the platforms policies. These guidelines are designed to help site decision makers of facilities and schools respond to a bomb threat in an orderly and controlled manner with first responders and other stakeholders. Lifetime users of Kiels library, victims rights advocates, grandparents and school board members condemned book-banning. The Vice President is Jeannie Mastine and the Treasurer/Secretary is Wendy Shields; the Social Convener is Mary Dament. It made me lose faith in government and policy, in the judicial system, as well as the congressional system.. Our spring campaign goal is to reach 100 new or returning members (readers who donate to support our nonprofit newsroom). Residents peeked out of windows; few ventured into the streets of this northeastern Wisconsin town of 4,000. (WSVN) - A lockdown at Ramblewood Middle School has been lifted after police investigated a bomb threat that was made to the campus. Another major issue for schools involves conducting of searches following bomb threats. There are no square dance competitions or exams. She acknowledged that one of the boys once lashed out and threw food at the transgender student none of which was revealed in initial media interviews. More than 20 people offered public comments; only two supported limiting access to books. Ten bombs, fireworks strapped to aerosol cans, forced the closure of a California elementary school. One Maryland school district experienced more than 150 bomb threats and 55 associated arrests in one school year. Up to a pound of ammonium nitrate was brought to school by a Nevada middle-school student. Is that why?. Right? one man said. Crime Map. If we send you a request to change or remove Wisconsin Watch content from your site, you must agree to do so immediately. But sometime over the past two years, an insidious force began tearing at the communitys fabric, about two dozen residents told Wisconsin Watch. School officials should talk with local enforcement to obtain documents similar to this federalBomb Threat Checklistor the former ATF Bomb Threat Checklist. The district is one of 35 across the state of Indiana that received the same threat late last night. Lianne Milton contributed photography for Wisconsin Watch. Dr. Barrentine will be sending additional information shortly. 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For Harden, everything changed on January 6, 2021 the day rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol, aiming to disrupt the certification of President Joe Bidens election victory over Trump. Theres a community response, and then theres mob mentality, and Im not sure which one fits where, he said. These dance performances are done strictly on a volunteer basis. None was willing to be identified publicly, citing fears of retaliation amid the violent threats in Kiel. But Johannes saw his challengers message as louder and more persuasive than his stance that the school board should focus on preparing kids for college or careers when they graduate. Around 11:10 a.m. Tuesday, Santa Barbara Middle School received a bomb threat. In the backdrop, mass shootings first in Buffalo, New York, then Uvalde, Texas only heightened fears. WebSeveral bomb threats prompted evacuations at four schools in Lake County on Monday. SSC will operate on an eLearning Day Schedule today. If youre already a dancer and new to the area, or just returning to square dancing, email or call to ensure there will be someone to greet you, and come out on Thursday evening. Dance nights are comprised of lessons and dancing what has been taught, and then its practice, practice, practice! The challengers did not respond to Wisconsin Watchs interview requests. Have a well-developed crisis communications and social media plan to get accurate information to parents, the media, staff and students. The Democratic Party was caught a little flat-footed in terms of injecting money, Shaver said. Another first for Shaver: watching local political action committees form in Kiel. Backlash forced him to transfer and upended life for others in town. If you have any questions about your childs particular activity, please reach out via Parentsquare to your childs principal or coach. Out of an abundance of caution, and on the advice of law enforcement, MCS chose to declare an e-learning day today, April 14, to provide time for an investigation continues into these widespread threats. UPDATE 11:10am: The code red for Ramblewood Middle School has been lifted. It was the crossroads of COVID, isolation, bad grades, bad teaching policies, bad administration, he said. Effectively holding Kiels core institutions hostage, an anonymous emailerwarned the school district to drop the Title IX investigation by June 3 or face additional threats. We keep a copy on the Info Table for dancers to look at. The point of publicizing this was to point out that the district took what is a garden variety dispute among middle schoolers, and blew it out of proportion and turned it into a Title IX investigation, Berg told Wisconsin Watch. The nonprofit Wisconsin Watch (www.WisconsinWatch.org) collaborates with WPR, PBS Wisconsin, other news media and the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Tracking spending in Kiels school board race is difficult. New members pledge to obey commanding officers, are advised to wear a uniform and must swear an oath with their hand on a Bible. Their challengers attack lines morphed faster than they could respond, roping in other Kiel institutions along the way. Our groundbreaking2015 national study of more than 800 violent school bomb threat and shooting threatstook our research to a higher level by collecting original data and dissecting critical trends and patterns. She took the messages to school officials, and the superintendent eventually filed a complaint on her behalf with the school district. Nixed. Schools reopened under heightened security and substantial anxiety in the school-community. Its not liberal versus conservative. That includes opposing COVID-19 mask mandates and stopping loan forgiveness for farmers of color across the United States. Weve been lied to and lied to, to the point where a tyrant has taken over, he added. Officials at Clements High School said First, the middle school, then multiple Kiel schools. We apologize for the inconvenience this undoubtedly caused students and families today. FORT LAUDERDAL E -- Students and staff at Ramblewood Middle School were evacuated as a precaution on Monday after a bomb threat was received, officials Eventually all schools, the public library, city hall, wastewater treatment plant, stores and all roads into and out of the city. Place caller ID on school phones to help identify bomb threat callers. School board incumbents faced a whack-a-mole battle against misinformation. If anyone faces online harassment, Harden said, its him as detractors mock his family, leave negative reviews for his business and accuse him of running his own militia. One resident made and sold be the light yard signs, donating the proceedings to the police and fire departments. Many school bomb threats have been made by students seeking to disrupt the school day and to get out of school. This is ridiculous.. By May, Kiels political factions clashed over the direction of schools, public libraries and even the local farmers market. Berg said WILL aimed to protect both sides by withholding the notes from its narrative. Allah is the greatest.". The towns turmoil offers deeply divided Wisconsin an extreme example of what can happen when partisan misinformation aggravates the resentment and distrust already festering in a community. Glossy, expensive-looking banners touted his challengers, while the marker ink on Johannes hand-drawn signs bled in the rain. As tensions escalated during the bomb scares, Funkhouser called on Kiel residents to be the light and stay positive. I spoke to the Edinburgh Police Department and the Johnson County Sheriff's Department. The complaint involved two books. Were planning and looking forward to the next Boys and Girls Club dinner/dance. Everything we know so far. School administrators must revisit traditional school safety, security, and emergency crisis plans not just COVID safety plans. Funkhouser confirmed WILLs cooperation during the police investigation. After speaking to local law enforcement and receiving a recommendation from IIFC (Indiana Intelligence Fusion Center), we used the information available to make the best decision we could in a short amount of time. Shortly after 9:30 a.m., the FBI Indianapolis division tweeted that it was "aware of these threats, and we are working in coordination with our state and local enforcement partners to investigate. Noblesville, Center Grove, Lebanon and Noblesville were among the school districts that canceled in-person classes Friday, April 14. A Charlotte-Mecklenburg police cruiser is parked at Kennedy Middle School in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. As a one-sided story about a Title IX investigation of students at Kiel Middle School ricocheted across the mediascape in spring 2022, hateful messages poured in to school staff, according to Kiel police. Christianity and Critical Race Theory (CRT) cannot coexist; therefore, I cannot vote for any of the current board members who voted to support CRT, it said. Some longtime residents remember the Posse Comitatus, a white supremecist paramilitary organization that operated in northeastern Wisconsin and beyond until criminal convictions broke up the group in the 1980s. The Swinging Swallows gather on Thursday evenings to start dancing at 7:00 pm. Since the Club is comprised of three square dance levels Basics, Mainstream and Plus we take turns for the teach part of the evening, and then dance to ensure we have knowledge of the new moves. A news event shook Kiel in mid-May. May 19, 2023. Mmmmmm. It is well built, solid and discreetly located. Avoid evacuating students into school parking lot areas to reduce the risk of potentially exposing them to additional explosive devices placed in vehicles and/or easily hidden in parking areas. We discuss diversity, the letter stated. See more. Indiana State Police said it was notified early Friday morning of the messages, which threatened "the use of explosive devices that had allegedly been planted on various school campuses.". Both agencies mentioned to me that they were in contact with the FBI regarding the matter. Up to a pound of ammonium nitrate was brought to school by a Nevada middle-school student. Its a one page document, and the whole description is mispronouning, Berg said. Here are statements central Indiana school districts sent to families and staff: Center Grove Schools will be closed on Friday, April 14, 2023with no eLearning due to a bomb threat. Marion Community Schools was among several schools across the state that were sent an email that contained a bomb threat. No other districts in Henry County received the threat, though the sheriff's department notified other districts of the situation. The Swallows dance most Thursday evenings, from 7:00 to about 9:30. Johannes, who held his seat for only six months after his appointment to the board, describes himself as just a math teacher from Sheboygan who likes to watch the Bucks. The letter in the paper confused him; he and his family are church-going Christians he previously served as his churchs president, he said, and hed never endorsed CRT. The choices we make now I guess well just go Gladiator with this one will echo in eternity, Harden said with conviction in one video address. Instructions for the elementary can be found here and middle/high school here. An irate parent took the deputy superintendent and an associate superintendent of a California education office hostage in late November of 1998. We like to visit retirement and long-term care homes and other community events to dance for their entertainment and our well-being, as a Club and as a person! Harden said he filmed the campaign videos for all three challengers and built their websites. When the school district took little action, the ACLU helped her escalate the complaint to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. High School athletic practices/events WILL be in session today. The librarys trouble started in November 2021, when a man called police to claim that he spotted pornography on the shelves. 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