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Three Students Suspended For Planning To Blow Up The School
Mary Beth Wenger
January 31, 2008

Three Mohonasen middle school students are suspended after one talked about blowing up the school this coming June and two others joined in the conversation. Police say charges weren't pressed because they didn't have the wherewithall to actually go forward. There were no real plans and no explosives bought.

What may have saved this from being a worse outcome is the fact that a parent got involved.d It’s unclear if it was a parent of one of the three suspended or someone else but the parent heard students talking and didn’t’ take it as idle chatter.

Mohonasen parent Jacquelyn Jackson says “I think parents should become involved.I talk to my kids, I want interaction from them, I want to know what's going on.”

We asked Rotterdam Police Lieutenant Mike Brown “ Who deserves credit for perhaps heading this off at the pass? Lt. Brown: “ Certainly the parent who made the initial contact with the school,that's where credit should go.”

Another parent Jessica Minter says “I think it was good that a parent got involved..she was ¤watching out for her kid.”

Lieutenant Brown says this sends a message to someone considering similar action. “ It sends a message to students that any comment whether it's serious or not...we're going to be investigating it.”

Lieutenant Brown asks that all parents pay attention to their children and who they're hanging out with and to report anything suspicious.

Wow.

Back when I was in JR High at Mohonasen, I found a brown paper bag outside one of the doors. What'd I know, I transferred in from a catholic elementary school.  I opened the bag, and there were "weeds" inside.  I brought it to my "counselor" and I never heard another word about it.

To think, that's the biggest thing that happened to me in Mohon back in the (very) early 80's ... and now they're talking about blowing up the school.

Incredible.

When I went to Mohonasen (and don't ask when I graduated.it was long ago and we were still writing on stone tablets ) the only thing we got in trouble for was chewing gum in class and getting caught on "the hill" smoking.

For all of those who went to Mohonasen, I think "the hill" still exists, or did for a long time after my time there.

Wow .. yep, I remember the hill. Got in trouble a few times up there.

JoAnn - don't despair - most of the teachers you had were probably still there in the 70's and 80's when I got pushed went through the system

Was Mr. Lucca your principle?

Lucca was a teacher back in my day. I started there pre-Manikas.  Manikas took over a year or two after I came in.

Danny Lucca graduated from Mohonasen a few years before me.

ew, you ARE old.  Guess people of any age can get on the net nowadays.

Have you tried seniornet?

  

Seniornet? No, AARP has it covered. They supply my walker, cane, corrective shoes, dentures and depends!

LOL - glad to see you've got a sense of humor in your advanced years.

Aren't you just the young feisty one, huh?  

When I went to school, back in the dark ages, teachers arrived long before we did and left long after we did. Male teachers dressed in suits and ties and the female teachers dressed in business attire. There was no gum chewing, cell phones, hats, tank tops, pregnant girls or sex education. Sex education was the responsibility of the parents. And "Merry Christmas" was not "Happy Holidays".

Our teachers were stern and strict and we knew we had to tow the line, or else! We had a respect for authority. And if we got in trouble, our parents would always side with the school. We were more concerned with the backlash from our parents than the school.

So you see there mr/ms Mobile, you just learned a bit of history from an AARP recipient! You know, the good old days thing.

I miss the good old days.  When did we, as a country, change
Was it when it was "ok" for the US President to receive favors in the Oval Office? Was it when there wasn't a "crook" in the WhiteHouse evesdropping? Was it when we invaded the Bay of Pigs?

Peanuts and Jelly Beans in the White House used to be the norm ... now it's stained dresses and missing "W" keys from the computer keyboards

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Wow.

Back when I was in JR High at Mohonasen, I found a brown paper bag outside one of the doors. What'd I know, I transferred in from a catholic elementary school.  I opened the bag, and there were "weeds" inside.  I brought it to my "counselor" and I never heard another word about it.

To think, that's the biggest thing that happened to me in Mohon back in the (very) early 80's ... and now they're talking about blowing up the school.

Incredible.

The teachers used it up at their union meeting/dinner that night----