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Downtown Wilkes-Barre Trick or Treat rescheduled to Friday

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WB Halloween event rescheduled to Friday

<p>PLYMOUTH &#8212; A bomb threat on a girls&#8217; bathroom wall coupled with the unavailability of a bomb-sniffing dog led to the early dismissal of students at Wyoming Valley West High School on Wednesday morning, school district Superintendent Irv DeRemer said, but by the end of the day no threat had been detected and school was set to resume on Thursday.</p><p>The note was found shortly after school started and Principal David Novrocki was notified after 8 a.m., he added. Students then evacuated the building and waited in the nearby athletic field.</p><p>The district called state police and asked for a bomb-sniffing dog to sweep the building, but the dog&#8217;s handler was in Hershey so the dog was unavailable. DeRemer estimated it would have taken at least three hours before the dog could be on campus and checking for explosives, so students were sent home.</p><p>Police were able to check the building later in the day and found no threats, DeRemer said.</p><p>An investigation is underway to determine who may have left the threat. DeRemer said security cameras that show who entered and left the bathroom and that footage is being reviewed to help in the investigation.</p><p>Though unrelated, the high school threat came while DeRemer was at the middle school, where the district had decided to have all students go through the metal detector. The extra security was conducted at the middle school because of recent threats, including one Tuesday, he said.</p><p>Several hours after the high school evacuation Wednesday, Kingston police posted an announcement on their Facebook page that two juveniles had been arrested in relation to threats at the Middle School earlier this month.</p><p>The metal detectors at the high school and middle school are used randomly, not every day on every student, DeRemer said, but that may change. He said a safety committee will review procedures and consider changes, one of which could be to use the detectors on all students each day at the high school and middle school.</p><p>&#8220;The safety of the students always comes first,&#8221; he said.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Wyoming Valley West High School. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/web1_TTL100416WVWResponse3-cmyk-2.jpg</photo0><caption0>Wyoming Valley West High School. </caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/web1_deremer-1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Retiring Wyoming Valley West Superintendent Charles Suppon, left, welcomes his successor Irvin DeRemer during the regular school board meeting Wednesday night in Plymouth.   Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader</div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/web1_deremer-1.jpg</photo1><caption1>Retiring Wyoming Valley West Superintendent Charles Suppon, left, welcomes his successor Irvin DeRemer during the regular school board meeting Wednesday night in Plymouth.   Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader</caption1><photoCredit1></photoCredit1></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Mark Guydish</p><p>mguydish@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Mark Guydish at 570-991-6112 or on Twitter @TLMarkGuydish</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Bomb threat sends Wyoming Valley West High School students home for a day