Attendance Down on Friday at Broadneck High
A spokesman said there were no unusual incidents at county schools on Friday.
After a week filled with grieving over the Newtown tragedy, rumors about school shooting plots, emergency drills, worries about the "end of the world" and power outages, nearly one-third of students in Anne Arundel County didn't attend school on Friday. Attendance was down 30 percent at Broadneck High School, according to Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) spokesman Bob Mosier. Earlier in the week, a Broadneck High student was suspended for making a gun threat and a Southern Middle student set off a firecracker. Mosier said that across the school system, 27.7 percent of students were absent—primarily in middle and high schools. He added that there were no unusual incidents at schools on Friday. While some absences can be attributed…
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