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School safety at the forefront NKHS student ‘had capacity’ to carry out threat, police chief says By RICHARD WALKER and KIPP ROBERTSON North Kitsap Herald
and has been “an active player in the discussion,” Lynch said. In an email to the Herald, NKSD Superintendent Patty Page said she is a “strong believer in the ESD and the power of co-ops.” “We can do more united than separate,” she said. “Bringing multiple agencies together to establish protocol and processes takes coordination, not isolation.”
POULSBO — A 16-year-old student was arrested and booked into juvenile detention late Oct. 28 for allegedly threatening to harm other students at North Kitsap High School. A parent notified Poulsbo police around 4:30 p.m. that day that his son had had a conversation with the suspect, and that the suspect told him he had a “kill list” and planned to take a gun to school and “shoot up the school” on Oct. 29, Police Chief Alan Townsend said. Poulsbo asked for Bremerton Police and the Kitsap County Sheriff’s assistance in interviewing witnesses. Five officers went
See COOPERATIVE, Page A8
See ARREST, Page A3
Students at North Kitsap High School painted the rock on Caldart Avenue as a tribute to the victims of the Oct. 24 shooting at Marysville Pilchuck High School. Kipp Robertson / Herald
School district involved in new cooperative By KIPP ROBERTSON
krobertson@northkitsapherald.com
POULSBO — By happenstance, school districts and law enforcement agencies from
Kitsap and Jefferson counties came together Oct. 20 to discuss the creation of a co-operative focused on school safety and security, four days before the shooting at Marysville-Pilchuck High School. “The timing was eerie,” said Greg Lynch, superintendent of the Olympic Educational Service District 114. School districts from Clallam, Jefferson, Kitsap and Mason counties met with police, fire and
sheriff’s departments. Safety and security issues discussed included natural disasters and crisis, such as school shootings. Lynch said the ESD strives to provide resources that can be shared, from training to equipment purchased at a group discount. Schools that conduct disaster training can actually prevent a disaster through proactive effort, he said. The North Kitsap School District supports the cooperative
2 schools locked down after husband allegedly threatens to kill wife By KIPP ROBERTSON
krobertson@northkitsapherald.com
POULSBO — Poulsbo Elementary and Poulsbo Middle schools went on lockdown Oct. 29 after the
husband of an elementary employee allegedly threatened to kill her, according to Police Chief Alan Townsend. “He made threats to kill
his wife via text message,” he said. The employee received the message while she was working. The schools went into lockdown at 11:40 a.m. on
the recommendation of the police department. The schools were locked down for about 30 minutes. The suspect never left his Suquamish home and was
arrested said. The received left the leaving,
there, Townsend employee who the text message building. Before she told other
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school employees that her husband “may come to kill her,” Townsend said. The school employee “thought See LOCKDOWN, Page A3
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