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Wednesday, February 3, 2016

How Many Bomb Threats at Medford High in the past year?

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Mr. Rumley responded to a Public Records Request but we've been juggling a number of important items so please be patient until we post that info.

Here's the Transcript article.


Medford High School was among a handful of schools receiving a bomb threat on Feb. 1. The school was not evacuated, but officials will meet on Feb. 10 to discuss tightening security measures. Wicked Local File Photo

osted Feb. 2, 2016 at 10:20 AM 

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http://medford.wickedlocal.com/news/20160202/medford-high-school-district-officials-to-meet-with-police-on-security-issues-after-feb-1-bomb-threat
Medford High School was among a handful of area schools that received bomb threats via automated phone messages the morning of Feb. 1.
Medford Superintendent of Schools Roy Belson said the threat came at about 9 a.m. After checking the building and monitoring security camera feeds, Belson said the district concluded the threat was not serious and chose not to evacuate the building.
The district sent a recorded phone message about the incident to parents later Monday evening. The district did not issue a news release about the incident to media outlets.
“We determined that this was not really a high-level — that this was a low-level threat,” Belson said during the Medford School Committee’s meeting the same night. “If we felt there was any kind of danger, we wouldn’t have waited to notify parents. We would have been moving youngsters very quickly.”