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First-grade teacher charged in school bomb threat
By the Associated Press
Published November 4, 2003
MONTCLAIR, Va. -- A 42-year-old first-grade teacher at Washington-Reid Elementary School wrote a note claiming there was a bomb in the building, Prince William County police said Tuesday.
The note was intended as a practical joke, police said, but Elizabeth Schuette, of Montclair, was charged with threatening to bomb.
The teacher was caught on video leaving the note near the school's front entrance Monday, said Detective Dennis Mangan and schools Superintendent Edward Kelly.
The note said: "There's a bomb in the school today," according to police.
Police said the note was left for another teacher, who was expected to be the next person in the door.
Instead, it was found by a school employee about 7 a.m., and buses were diverted to John Pattie Elementary School. Everyone in Washington-Reid was evacuated.
"It was awhile before we realized it was a teacher," Kelly said. "We didn't know whether it was a hoax or not until we actually searched the building and found that the building was safe."
Schuette is on administrative leave until "her situation is finalized legally," Kelly said. He said if she is found guilty, she will be fired.
Police said administrators told them Schuette has won awards and was one of the best teachers in the school.
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