Rod Reder said the students are reacting to the hysteria. Hart, the school district spokesman, said the timing of the threats is hard to ignore. Since Feb. 24, when the FCAT testing started, there have been 35 bomb threats. Despite the onslaught of threats, some parents think the authorities are getting carried away. Juveniles can be kept at one of two detention centers for up to 21 days until they appear before a juvenile court judge.
Parents can visit only three days a week.
Some, like Adam Sugg, are allowed to go home and remain on house arrest. Adam was not provided the most basic constitutional rights that only his parents or a lawyer could advise him on. And he was denied the most basic human right, access to his parents, for having committed the heinous act of lending a schoolmate a quarter. There have been 66 bomb threats in Hillsborough schools this school year. By comparison, Pinellas County has had 37 bomb threats this school year.