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Kids bomb hoax By Brendan Rees
Police conduct safety checks at Marnebek School. 197697
Parents wait outside Casey Stadium while police guard the area. had to have I.D. There was apparently some parents that had issues with that but I didn't. "I can't speak for the other schools but Marnebek were handled very well," Stacey said. Another parent Yogi Singh said there was some panic and parents were not allowed to
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go to their cars unless they had been cleared by police. Mr Singh, who got a message telling him Cranbourne East Secondary College had been evacuated, said the incident was handled well but it became a bit "chaotic" by about 3pm.
He said Year 7 students were supposed to be collected first "but such a huge number of people made it tough." An Education Department spokesperson said following advice from Victoria Police, Marnebek School, Cranbourne East Secondary College and Casey Grammar School were evacuated. "The safety of children and students was always our first priority," the spokesperson said. "Parents have been informed and asked to meet and collect their children from Casey Basketball Stadium." Casey Grammar School did not wish to comment. 12427540-FA38-19
Hundreds of frantic parents gathered outside Casey Stadium in Cranbourne East to pick up their children following a reported bomb scare at neighbouring schools on Monday 9 September. It's understood students and staff were rushed out of Marnebek School, Cranbourne East Secondary College and Casey Grammar School about 12.30pm - while messages were sent to parents urging them to pick up their children from Casey Stadium where police stood guard at the entrance. A Victoria Police spokesman said the schools were evacuated as a precaution while safety checks were carried out. "The areas have since been deemed safe and police have cleared the scene," the spokesman said. Parent Stacey, who asked not to publish her surname, said she got a message from Marnebek School about 12pm saying to pick up her 10-year-old daughter from the stadium at New Holland Drive. "They didn't say what it was until I got there to pick her up," she said. "There was police, people checking licences." Stacey said students were told to leave their belongings behind before being evacuated. "They had the sirens going at school, evacuating them so they were a bit scared," she said. "They were keeping the kids calm ... you
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