We are talking about a high school where children go to learn English literature, and Civics. Logically, the students who placed the bomb threats learned such skills in earlier grades. It stands to reason that the supposed threat of domestic terrorism is no less in the surrounding schools than at Londonderry High School. This illustrates that the Londonderry High School administration wants to protect their own gluteus maximus not the students of Londonderry High. After all it is their school.
Empowerment is the buzzword of the week.
Treating students as prisoners does nothing more than encourage them to be prisoners. As the world has recently demonstrated in such stalwart bastions of authoritarianism such as Belgrade, human beings will not stand for totalitarianism indefinitely. Authoritarianism breeds revolution. Here is my suggestion for the students of Londonderry High. When the time comes, and you walk up to the metal detectors and security guards for the first time, simply smile, extend your middle finger, and go home.