Well, it's a lesson too late for the learnin. My son just walked in the back door about an hour ago, an hour too early for school to be out, without his jacket, violin, or backpack. I said, Is today an early release day? No, mom, there was a pipe bomb threat at school and they sent us out in a "fire drill", then told us about the bomb threat and said anyone who could walk home should go home. I'm glad I work at home so I was here when he came in. The rest of the kids were sent to a food prepartion building that is farther from the highschool/jr. high complex. He was upset in part that all of his things had to be left in the school over the weekend, then he realized it was a serious threat that could have been worse. Do we need to take our kids out of schools and teach them at home? I've been thinking about it seriously, ever since the broken collar bone event. I was listening to the radio news, and it mentioned that authorities all over the country are today dealing with kids going to school in black trench coats and bomb threats (copycat syndrome). My son said, Mom, some of the kids were laughing about it and thought it was cool that there could be a bomb.