Well a couple of days ago (April 1st to be exact), a Haileybury student emailed a bomb threat to all members of the Haileybury staff and student population. Now it was obvious that this bomb threat was fake however naturally as a precaution Haileybury initiated a full evacuation across all campuses. The police were called and a Police Helicopter was dispatched at a cost of thousands of dollars to the taxpayer. This was all the result of the idiotic actions of a student, who thought it would be a funny April Fools Day Prank to play. Now how someone could be so foolish to send such an email in this day and age astounds me, and I frankly am quite pissed off at this persons actions. As a taxpayer I think this person (and his parents) should be made to pay all costs incurred by Victoria Police in responding to such a threat, obviously this person didn’t think about the possible consequences of such an action, what if the police chopper was required at another ‘real’ emergency, what if police were required at another such emergency. This stupid action could of led to at worst the death/s of innocent civilians, and at best cost taxpayers a small fortune. Here is a link to The Age article.

In other news this afternoon a member of staff left Haileybury. Now I have always liked this staff member and thought that they did a fantastic job. It is of course disappointing to see them go (I will name them once I cleared certain things with the relevant people). It seems to me that it is always the good guys that seem to leave, but unfortunately these things can’t be changed. But I wish this person well in all their future endeavors and I am truly sorry for their leaving.