Edhat StaffSource: Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a case of threatening graffiti that was located today, March 7, 2018, on a bathroom stall in the girl’s locker room at San Marcos High School. The graffiti message threatened a school shooting on March 9, 2018. School Administrators became aware of the graffiti at approximately 11:20 a.m. today through an anonymous post on the new STOPit reporting app. The school notified the Sheriff’s Office and deputies immediately responded to the campus to conduct an investigation.
Sheriff’s deputies are working closely with the Santa Barbara Unified School District to identify the source of the graffiti. Numerous interviews were conducted today with students, but so far a source hasn’t been identified. The investigation is ongoing. The Sheriff’s Office requests anyone with information regarding this case to contact the Sheriff’s Office at 805-683-2724 or to leave an anonymous tip, please call 805-681-4171 or go to https://www.sbsheriff.org/
While the validity of this threat has not yet been determined, the Sheriff’s Office takes all threats of school violence seriously. The Sheriff’s Office will increase patrols in and around the campus tomorrow and Friday.
Alittle while ago the SBSO responded to Granny Field for the report of a fight involving students a lite green Ford Expedition was reported South on Turnpike I wonder who’s kid that was…
Bicyclists and children are the targets of “regulars” here … says a lot.
Mom and Dad must be so proud of how they raised their children.
I guess this is the modern way of getting a 3 day weekend or getting out of a testfinals. When we were young it was calling in a bomb.
Exactly, EDHAT. The kids have figured out how to get a day off, anytime they want.
Only nowadays this stuff is very serious and one can ruin there life at a young age by posting stuff like this I knew a kid did it in Ventura wrote something on his desk his life has never been the same since.
I believe the issues at San Marcos stem from the new Santa Barbara School district policy that discourages taking action on disciplinary matters and instead seeks to “talk” to offenders and “listen to their side of the story”. The culprit behind the threats at San Marcos probably benefitted from this “high tolerance” policy which was rolled out first at La Colina Junior High where he recently hails from. I suspect this allowed him to slip in to San Marcos without being on anyone’s radar screen thus not being offered the treatment and counseling he so clearly needs. I fear the consequences of this new district wide policy are going to lead to more incidents like this and a less safe environment in all of our schools. I think San Marcos just happened to be the first school where these new district mandated anti-discipline policies have caused a serious problem. I pray I am wrong but I fear I am correct.
I never did the bomb threat thing when I was a kid and wanted to get out of the test. I would ride my bicycle to campus at night and put crazy glue in the key holes to the classroom.
*snow* spelling error on former posting.
Their parents are Snow Flakes though…
Roger – how do you figure the parents are “snowflakes?” Because they’re concerned for the lives of their kids? What is your point with that remark?
I mean’t to say Slow Flakes I’m sorry…Though concern for their children would have nothing to do with my statement..Do you try and put words in other peoples mouths alot? What is your point with that remark?
If someone is threatening a school shooting on a specific day, the school should close or at least allow students to stay home without consequence that day.
Roger – i did not know you made a typo, therefore, my point was still valid. Ease up a little….
I’m not doing anything wrong and we are not married so good bye.
What do bicyclists have to do with a shooting threat?
People with IQs above room temperature understand the connection that was explicitly made in the comment you’re responding to.
“People with IQs above room temperature” don’t post about bicyclists on a thread about a possible school shooting……
That’s some seriously evil trolling.
You’re mistaken. And I didn’t post about bicyclists, I posted about the EdHate for children and bicyclists and what that says about the “regulars” here.
I haven’t’ “mistaken” anything. You mentioned bicyclists, fact. The context is irrelevant to the fact that you brought it up. Now we’re jabbering about cyclists again. See what happens? Irresponsible posting….. smh.