Blame the real villain

Post Now - The Breaking News Blog: Parents, school to meet over evacuation

Officials at a Rockville middle school have scheduled a meeting* with parents after two dozen students suffered heat-related illnesses when forced to evacuate during a bomb threat.

Robert Frost Middle School students spent more than two hours in the school's fields last Wednesday, a day when temperatures climbed into the upper 80s.

Emergency personnel treated the kids who felt dizzy or dehydrated on-site, giving them water and Gatorade, said Scott Graham, a spokesman for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service. None were transported to a hospital...

 ...Any anger over the incident, Tofig said, should be directed on the real villain: The person who made the bomb threat. 

“Principals have to make a call very quickly about potential threats,” Tofig said. “[Principal Joey Jones] thought he was doing what was in the best interest of the students.”

*The Frost Middle School meeting is scheduled for June 2nd at 7PM in the Frost MS Media Center.