SILVERDALE – Washington State Patrol troopers used dogs to sniff around vehicles parked at Central Kitsap Middle School following a bomb threat Dec. 17.
As a precaution, Central Kitsap School District evacuated students from the middle school to Central Kitsap High School after the threat was received.
“Our priority was to make sure staff and students were safe,” said David Beil with CKSD. “Law enforcement was called right away. Law enforcement is investigating.”
According to a grandmother of a student who attends CKMS, it is possible that a note was found in a boys bathroom at the school sometime around 11:30 a.m.
According to Deputy Scott Wilson with Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office, the threat was not credible and the case was considered closed as of 4:11 p.m.
Wilson said someone wrote the threat on a bathroom wall. Wilson said they did not know who wrote the message. The threat apparently included a signed name, but the name was illegible.
Wilson said making threats like this one was a class B felony.
Earlier this week, schools in New York and Las Vegas received threats. The Las Vegas school system decided to close in response.
A sign outside Central Kitsap Middle School reads “CKMS closed due to possible threat. Student pickup at CKHS.” Buses were parked to block the driveway.
A sheriff’s deputy speaks with a motorist at the blocked entrance to CKMS Dec. 17.
A sheriff’s deputy stands next to a patrol vehicle along Anderson Hill Road Dec. 17.
