UPDATE (10:45 a.m.): Lee County Schools issued the following statement: “The Lee County Sheriff’s Office has determined there is no threat to the safety of students and staff at Lee County High School after an anonymous phone call was made to the school earlier this morning. Students and staff are returning to classrooms and resuming a normal school schedule.”
ORIGINAL STORY: For the second time since November, the campus of Lee County High School was locked down Thursday due to an unspecified threat.
Lee County Schools posted on social media about the situation around 10 a.m. Thursday:
A single sheriff’s deputy was stationed outside the school’s student parking lot around 10:30 a.m. and declined to give any details other than to saw the school was locked down.
November’s lockdown was due to a bomb threat which was eventually deemed not credible.
It’s sad to think that today we need Resource Officers and Law Enforcement at our schools today. The normalization of violence in our society, along with increased gun violence is contributing to many of the incidents in our schools today.
I hope and pray, one day our country, our society can get back to loving and respecting each other and respectfully agreeing to disagree without violence. Incidents of violence in our society, will also be a reflection of what is happening today in our schools.
Nice thought but let’s get real. If you disagree with certain “people” today, They call you racist. They call you homophobic. They make claims that your a Trump supporter, when he NEVER is even brought up. You are being forced to accept the “trans lifestyle” and if you think it’s weird or say it makes you uncomfortable, your automatically labeled either a bigot, or white supremacist. If you don’t agree with BLM movement or don’t think we should celebrate Black History Month, your told your racist and a Nazi. Even if you don’t necessarily subscribe to those ideals and schools of thought, they throw them at you without reason or provocation and that seems to be fine and acceptable. But if you stand your ground and defend your position, YOU are in the wrong. THEY are the ones who 99% of the time incite violence and disrupt society. It is THEM who are causing the problems and until THEY learn they are not the final almighty word in EVERYTHING and people do have the right to voice their opinion, nothing is going to change….never, ever, ever.
take your meds schizoid
Olga’s comment made me stop and think. Have I ever been accused of being a racist? No, not that I remember. What about being homophobic? Again no. I guess it’s because I don’t care how someone else chooses to live their own life. It doesn’t affect how I live mine.
I do know that no matter how many gay or trans people I come across in my life, it won’t sway me to “give it a try”. I suppose others may have fears that with enough exposure, they might be swayed. Who knows?
I’ve also never been thought of as a white supremacist or a bigot. It doesn’t bother me that people with darker skin than me are fighting for equal treatment under the law.
I’ve enjoyed learning about the accomplishments of different black people over the years. It seems to help deny the negative narrative that is still whispered today. We do have the other 11 months out of the year that are pretty much devoted to white history, so that’s a decent trade.
A NAZI or a Trump supporter? Never once have either of those labels ever been cast at me!
I would really start to consider what I was doing wrong if all these accusations came my way.
On a personal note Olga, instead of whining about how you are being treated, it might be time for some deep introspection to discover why people think you are all of these things.
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That last comment was for Olga, they seem nice.
James, while your “thoughts and Introspects” into my life sound like a movie of the weak ( you don’t get the joke there I bet) I am perfectly fine and happy with my life and the way I live it. But thanks for trying to be “that guy” who doesn’t see color or is delusional enough to believe that everyone is equal because that is a flat out lie. You do and you know it. You are just not going to admit it but that’s fine.If everyone was equal, you would not have a boss at work that you have to answer to. If everyone was equal, then your company would not have to hire “persons of color” to meet a quota, and yes, companies MUST do that despite whether or not the person is qualified for the job or not. It’s bullshit and you know it, you just won’t say it.
I speak my mind without reservation because that’s the type of person I am. If my feelings don’t matter, then guess what their feelings don’t matter. Not going to get into a political debate on here but yes I did vote for Trump because I felt at the time HE was the best candidate and his policies and ideas were something that were worth considering. Do I agree with how he handled the position of the Presidency? No not at all. Am I told by others that I’m racist just because I voted for the person I felt best qualified for…of course I am. All the blacks and gays at work say that constantly. They don’t say good morning to me, they throw up the “hitler sign” So don’t try to pretend that everyone is right and I’m the only person who is wrong because I exercised MY RIGHT to vote for the BEST PERSON at the time. I thought that was what you were supposed to do but because ONE person failed at being the President, all of a sudden I am the racist, I am the bigot, I am the problem. Sorry not buying that bullshit.
kiss my ass anon
I feel that this is apparently no place for the exchange of free thoughts or ideas. This forum is very closed minded and refuses to see any other point of view that conflicts with the narcissistic ideals and morals that are plaguing the world today. I will not be returning to The Rant to read news articles anymore and get local information. Until other viewpoints can be expressed freely without reservations and without being attacked, (being told to “take my meds.” ) I attacked him right back, and for that I do apologize because I attacked the person, and not the comment and that is something that upsets me when it happens and I did exactly the same thing. So Anon, I am sorry for attacking YOU personally when I should have just attacked your comment to me. And yes, I am being genuine in my apology to you just so you know.
Allow me to leave you “people” with one thought….other people have opinions that differ from your own. Doesn’t make them wrong it makes them different. YOU PEOPLE need to learn the difference, but you are so closed minded because someone thinks differently than you do, you refuse to see the other side of the coin.
I know that the world is “woke” to the point that everyone is offended by everything. It is sad, and unfortunate it got that way, but here we are. I am choosing to deal with it by ignoring everyone from now on and not interacting socially with anyone anymore. This is my new happiness, I wish you the best in your yours. you don’t have to comment on my posts as I will not be checking them, or do if you want, I will not know the difference as I am deciding to go offline permanently as I feel it is what is best. We lived perfectly fine without online interactions in the past, and we can do it again. Im choosing to do it.
You can always just read the new pieces and ignore the comments section. I’m always looking for alternative viewpoints and contrary facts because I know I don’t have all the facts or the only opinion. So I come for the comments as well as the news. I seldom comment in reply to sweeping worldview comments because they are usually not what I’m looking for. And when I do comment, I use my true name because doing so reminds me to be responsible and as correct as I can be in my comments.
Too bad Olga will not see comments.
If he did, he would see that I agree that he has every right to vote for whoever he wants. It’s one of the decisions we make in life that we have to live with. He admits that Trump was a failed presidency, so at least he recognizes his mistake. That means there is room for growth.
If co-workers are giving him the NAZI salute as he claims, there’s more to it than him just saying “Hey guys, I voted for Trump.” He must be spouting views that are fascist in thought. Authoritarianism is a bad thing, just in case he didn’t know history.
I’m not buying the bullshit that his black and gay co-workers are “constantly” calling him a racist or bigot just because he voted for Trump. Olga is not giving us the true, whole story.
Now we all know that he will read the comments. (Hi Olga!) The question is will he continue with his growth, and admit other life mistakes that make people who actually know him think he is a racist, homophobic, NAZI bigot?