HUDSON, Fla. — A Fivay High School student who admitted to authorities Tuesday that he made up a threat to the campus was arrested the same day, while in a separate incident a teacher at the school faces charges after a loaded gun was discovered in her purse.
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School officials placed the school on "controlled campus" Tuesday afternoon in response to the threat. A subsequent search revealed no evidence of a danger to the campus. Students left campus for the day under a controlled dismissal.
The Sheriff's Office said during a secondary search of the school after dismissal deputies found the loaded gun in the teacher's purse. The purse was inside a filing cabinet.
The teacher told deputies she'd forgotten the weapon was in her purse. She's been charged with having a gun on a school campus.
All this occurred just one day after new security measures were put into place at the school.
Before Tuesday’s threat, a student was arrested for arson last week after lighting a bathroom soap dispenser on fire.
That same day, several fights broke out on campus.
“It’s been hectic,” said student Tatianna Figueroa.
After the incidents last week, school officials came up with new security measures.
There will now be an extra school resource officer at the school for the rest of the school year. Also, there is now a security guard at the gate and extra deputies will be on campus for the time being.
A buzzer system has also been installed at the main office to control who can enter campus.
“All of the disruptions we’ve had, they take up little of the day,” said Pasco Schools spokesman Steve Hegarty. “It’s still a disruption but the rest of the day they are going doing what they need to do.”
Though there have been concerns from students and parents, Hegarty says most of the feedback about the changes has been positive.
Students we spoke to agreed, hoping recent issues stop.
“I’m just hoping it works,” Figueroa said. “I don’t really mind it, as long as it’s helping our school.”