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04-24-2007, 04:36 PM
Southlake school evacuated after student brings grenade 12:30 PM CDT
12:31 PM CDT on Tuesday, April 24, 2007
By LAURIE FOX / The Dallas Morning News
lfox@dallasnews.com
SOUTHLAKE--Old Union Elementary School was evacuated for 90 minutes Tuesday morning after a fourth-grader brought an inactive grenade to school.
Carroll ISD spokeswoman Julie Thannum said more than 500 students were evacuated to nearby Southlake Baptist Church Elementary School as a precaution.
She said the student brought the grenade, which still had the pin still in it, for show and tell. A family friend brought the device back from Iraq.
The local bomb squad removed the device from the campus. Students returned to the building at about 9:30 a.m.
District officials said they would use the incident, which prompted calls from media nationwide, to reiterate to students and parents what items are acceptable to bring to school.
Officials also said the incident illustrated that the school district’s safety procedures can be effectively executed.
“We had a plan, and it worked very quickly,” Ms. Thannum said.
Some parents signed their children out of school for the day but returned them to campus later in the morning, officials said.
12:31 PM CDT on Tuesday, April 24, 2007
By LAURIE FOX / The Dallas Morning News
lfox@dallasnews.com
SOUTHLAKE--Old Union Elementary School was evacuated for 90 minutes Tuesday morning after a fourth-grader brought an inactive grenade to school.
Carroll ISD spokeswoman Julie Thannum said more than 500 students were evacuated to nearby Southlake Baptist Church Elementary School as a precaution.
She said the student brought the grenade, which still had the pin still in it, for show and tell. A family friend brought the device back from Iraq.
The local bomb squad removed the device from the campus. Students returned to the building at about 9:30 a.m.
District officials said they would use the incident, which prompted calls from media nationwide, to reiterate to students and parents what items are acceptable to bring to school.
Officials also said the incident illustrated that the school district’s safety procedures can be effectively executed.
“We had a plan, and it worked very quickly,” Ms. Thannum said.
Some parents signed their children out of school for the day but returned them to campus later in the morning, officials said.