Fairfax schools rethink strategy for handling bomb threats

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Fairfax County’s public school system is rethinking its crisis communications after an investigation into a bomb threat at Annandale High School “went wrong.”

Barbara Hunter, the assistant superintendent for communications and community outreach, said school administrators will no longer wait for the principal’s OK before getting involved in situations like bomb threats.

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