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Teacher Fakes Bomb Threat, Ends Faculty Meeting | Mr. Teachbad's Blog of Teacher Disgruntlement

Teacher Fakes Bomb Threat, Ends Faculty Meeting | Mr. Teachbad's Blog of Teacher Disgruntlement

Teacher Fakes Bomb Threat, Ends Faculty Meeting

FAKE EDUCATION NEWS

Louisville, KY

Just off the grounds of Fairdale High School in Louisville, KY a makeshift banner has been hung in honor of 11th grade English teacher Jason Cooley. The banner reads simply: “Thank You”. Flowers are strewn about, below and around the banner. An enormous heart has been constructed out of what appears to be PowerPoint handouts. A small group of teachers sits to one side in a circle with candles alight. They are singing.

Mr. Cooley, 29, has been arrested and charged with one felony count of false public alarm for calling in a fake bomb threat at Fairdale High during a faculty meeting. Mr. Cooley is currently in federal custody with bond set at $10,000.

Sources attending the meeting all reported the same sequence of events, though all but one wished to remain anonymous. The meeting began normally with the principal offering a hollow thank you to everybody for all their hard work. Then came a number of announcements; though sources could not recall any of them. One teacher