Marina now goes on to compete at the national level.
Last week, classes at Carroll and Miller high schools had to be evacuated after both schools received bomb threats. Both were searched thoroughly, including the use of bomb-sniffing dogs, but no bombs were found. It was a relief that the threats amounted to just that, threats, but in the meantime, valuable teaching and studying time were lost and valuable emergency resources were wasted. Prudence and good judgment require that school and emergency officials treat every threat, however improbable, as if it were genuine. That translates into lost time and extra effort.