Separate bomb threats disrupt two Lower Valley schools


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PROSSER, Wash. -- Bomb threats at almost the same time Thursday morning disrupted students at both Prosser and Grandview high schools.

No bombs were found at either school.

Prosser High School received an anonymous call at 9:35 a.m. of a bomb at the school, said Principal Kevin Lusk. The caller then hung up.

Administrators locked down the school, keeping students in their classrooms for about 30 minutes. Police helped search but nothing was found, he said.

Prosser High School’s last day is Friday.

About five minutes later, Grandview High School received a similar call, said Matt Mallery, executive director for state and federal programs for the Grandview School District.

Administrators there evacuated the students to the football field while police and school officials searched, Mallery said. Students returned to class at 11 a.m.

Grandview High School seniors are scheduled to graduate Saturday, and the last day of school is June 9.

Police and administrators are investigating at both schools.

The lockdown was the third in a week in the Prosser School District. Last Friday, a high school student was caught with a novelty cigarette lighter shaped like a gun and on Tuesday, a 5-year-old Whitstran Elementary School student brought a .22 caliber pistol to school in a backpack on the bus.

Both of those incidents are under investigation.



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