San Benito High School District Superintendent Stan Rose today
said campus officials believe staff and students were
”
always safe
”
in the wake of two students getting arrested this week on
suspicion of possessing explosive powder and conspiring to plan an
attack on campus.
San Benito High School District Superintendent Stan Rose today said campus officials believe staff and students were “always safe” in the wake of two students getting arrested this week on suspicion of possessing explosive powder and conspiring to plan an attack on campus.
He said there has been a “good” level of communication with the police department.
“They’re working with us to make sure things are safe, and from what we understand, things were always safe,” Rose said.
There is no indication to this point there may have been any other students involved, he said.
“No, I haven’t heard anything like that,” he said.
In the case of such emergencies, San Benito High School and authorities have prepared by holding many lockdown drills and “active shooter” drills in recent years.
Regarding communication with staff and parents, Rose said it will occur “based on what police are working with.”
Hollister police Monday arrested two San Benito High School students alleging they were in possession of explosive powder and a knife and that the boys, ages 14 and 15, conspired to plan an attack on the campus.
Police arrested the two students Monday after a “concerned classmate” reported to the school that the 14-year-old had been in possession of explosive powder and a weapon on campus, according to a press release from the police department. Investigators later found diagrams for making bombs and a list of equipment, such as firearms, to obtain.
The 15-year-old student was linked to the scenario and the weapons and explosives, the police statement notes.
