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A sheriff's deputy keeps watch over Riverton students as they leave school Thursday afternoon.
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Published April 21, 2006 01:03 am - RIVERTON, Kan. — Mary Butler was waiting Thursday afternoon in a line of vehicles to pick up her son, who is a seventh-grader.

Parents, students in Riverton voice reactions



By Roger McKinney and Nammi Bhagvandoss

Globe Staff Writers

RIVERTON, Kan. — Mary Butler was waiting Thursday afternoon in a line of vehicles to pick up her son, who is a seventh-grader.

She said she had heard that six students had been arrested, and that authorities were looking for two more.

“It’s kind of scary,” she said. “You send your kids to school thinking they’ll be safe.”

She said she was happy that the Sheriff’s Department was on hand Thursday. She said she wishes school officials could have done something to notify parents of the situation.

About that time, Butler’s son arrived, carrying a memo that pupils were given to take home to their parents.

“Here it is, after the fact,” she said.

Lauren Vaughan, a 15-year-old sophomore, said she had heard about the message posted on the MySpace Web site. She said she knows one of the students who was arrested.

“It’s pretty scary, especially since we had a bomb threat” last month, Vaughan said. “You can’t trust people.”

Deb McGowan said she kept her 16-year old daughter, Ashley McGowan, home from school on Thursday after getting information from another mother on Wednesday about the threat. She said her daughter came home from school Tuesday sharing what she had heard about the comments posted on MySpace.

Despite having kept her daughter home, McGowan said she thought school officials acted appropriately in keeping school open.

“I don’t think it’s right for them to cancel school,” McGowan said. “Someone needs to keep a level head, and I think the administration did a good job in that regard.”

Jason Brown, 34, of Crestline, said he saw a police officer at school, but he did not question why when he dropped off his daughters Thursday morning. He said he later learned about the alleged plot from a Joplin Globe breaking news e-mail.

“I was very concerned, but I was very glad to hear it was an after-the-fact and a foiled attempt,” Brown said.



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