By: Las Vegas Now Staff
Friday, attendance is down at Liberty High School because of rumors that violence was going to happen on campus. There were rumored threats of a shooting or even a bomb — and that kept a lot of students home.
The feeling there is definitely one of concern at Liberty High School. Parents were picking up their students all morning even though no official threat has been made.
Students say they got phone calls, text messages and MySpace messages all night warning them not to go to school because of a possible bomb threat or shooting at school Friday. Many students didn’t go to class while most of those who did sat in class until their parents came to pick them up and escort them out of the building.
The principal at Liberty sent an e-mail to the staff Thursday afternoon saying an unsubstantiated rumor had come from a fight that led to a shooting that happened a few weeks ago.
Student Brittany Miller said, “It was just high school students getting into a fight, somebody got shot, rumors were going on — it was going to happen at all different high schools but Liberty was the main one where it stuck out because we’re quiet, so they decided to plan it on Liberty.”
“It’s pretty scary, a lot of things go on at school. People wait to the last minute, but they should act,” said Christina Villalobos.
A number of students and parents called Metro to have more officers placed at the school and they did. Metro, Henderson and school police patrolled outside and inside the building all morning looking for anything suspicious.
School went on as usual Friday. Some students said they didn’t want to miss class because of scheduled tests and quizzes. Staff told teachers to take whatever steps were necessary to make them feel safe.
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