WEST Vancouver's Sentinel secondary was evacuated for the second time in five days Tuesday when a threat was called into the school on the heels of another scare Friday.
Students and staff were ordered out of the building shortly after 12: 45 p.m. West Vancouver police, assisted by dog teams, RCMP officers and Vancouver police, inspected the scene and ultimately concluded there was no danger. They reopened the school at 2: 25 p.m.
The incident followed the same pattern as a similar call Friday, when students and staff left the facility at about 10 a.m. in response to another unspecified threat. A two-and-a-half-hour investigation turned up nothing and police deemed the incident a hoax.
Investigators have not revealed how either message was delivered or what particular threat was made. They are looking into whether the incidents are linked. Anyone with information should contact the WVPD at 604-925-7300.
Two North Vancouver teens will appear in court for allegedly triggering a similar scare at Handsworth secondary last spring.
