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December 21, 2006

Update: Most students go to school despite threat

WEST GREENWICH -- The majority of the students at Exeter-West Greenwich Senior High School are in school today, despite the the appearance of the second death threat in seven days on a bathroom wall, according to school principal Denise M. Boule.

"Things are going fine. We have attendance as usual," she said this morning. "About 95 percent of our kids are here."

Almost a week after half the students at Exeter-West Greenwich Senior High School skipped school because of rumors about a death threat, Boule used the web yesterday to assure parents and students that there was no real threat.

A message written in the girl’s bathroom yesterday was “similar” to one written last week that prompted the rumors – and, in turn, the decision by many parents to keep their children home, Boule wrote on the school’s Web site.

“After speaking to the chief of police and the Superintendent, James DiPrete, we concluded that this is a ‘copy cat’ attempting to disrupt our school process,” Boule wrote.

While school is in session today, Boule wrote to parents in the open letter on the Web site that an investigation will take place.

Boule encouraged anyone with what she refers to as “valid information leading to a resolution to this situation” to call her at (401) 397-6893, ext. 24.

-- projo.com staff writer Kate Bramson

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