To make a hoax device, a bomb look-alike, could get you five years. A.School administrators can reduce the number of bomb threat calls and minimize disruption . . . Schools need a plan and a system that can reduce the downtime when this problem arises. This would be an effective use of personnel. Under Virginia law, all schools now have to develop a crisis-management plan. . . .
Numerous institutions have a plan to evacuate every time.
This may be unnecessary. . . . A partial evacuation or a lock-down might be the safest method for all. Others have dismissed school, sending the students home before time or allowing the students to leave. This does not mean it is never the proper action, but each incident has to be acted on its own merits, evaluated at the time and be handled in keeping with that institution's policy.