District Administrator Larry Stordahl said that, given the recent carnage in Littleton, he had no choice but to evacuate the building. Classes were expected to resume today. New London police arrested two teenagers early Sunday after receiving a report that they had made comments about using bombs and firearms at a local high school and keeping the plans on a home computer, police said. And in Columbia County, three students at the Cambria-Friesland School District were arrested for what officials said were threats made in two separate incidents. Fear and concern were in the air at high schools throughout the state.
Rumors spread quickly, often passing from student to student and then from parent to parent.
Administrators were doing what they could to restore calm and at the same time allow students to talk out their fears. Principal Howard Kallio announced over the public address system Monday that everything was being done to ensure the safety of students. Still, many students were considering skipping classes today. Arrowhead High School administrators were working Monday to dispel rumors of a possible hit list after they and Waukesha County sheriff's officials interviewed a former and a current student in separate investigations that produced no such list. Even disputes that might once have been deemed minor are handled with great scrutiny, Shaw said.