A Tough Day for Spokane Schools

A high school teacher is murdered by her son, who attends another school in the area. From the Spokesman-Review:

A Rogers High School teacher and her husband were found dead Wednesday, and their 18-year-old son has been booked into Spokane County Jail on two counts of second-degree murder.

The bodies are believed to be those of Teresa "Terri" Kim and her husband, Richard, Spokane County sheriff's Sgt. Dave Reagan said.

The bodies were discovered in an outbuilding on the couple's property in the 18500 block of East Eagle Ridge Lane during a welfare check.

Deputies went to the home, in a remote area on about 10 acres near Mount Spokane, after school officials at Rogers High School called to express concern because Teresa Kim had not arrived for work.

Deputy Mark Smoldt found a bloody cellular phone in the driveway and blood on the home's floors, which was visible from outside, Reagan said. Smoldt entered the residence and a shed, where he discovered the bodies.

The couple's son, Bryan Kim, was taken into custody at Mount Spokane High School, where he is a student. His red Chevrolet Sprint was taken into evidence, Reagan said.

A follow-up article says that the son has bi-polar disorder and was angry about being told he needed to move out of the family home by January. Our hearts go out to everyone who has been touched by this tragedy.

That was the morning at Rogers High and Mount Spokane High. Later, Lewis and Clark High was completely evacuated after a suspicious package was found:

An abandoned science experiment left inside a boy's bathroom Wednesday at Lewis and Clark High School on Wednesday triggered an immediate evacuation and police bomb squad response.

The science project was a problem-solving device in which PVC pipe and ropes were used, said Spokane police Cpl. Tom Lee. The item was found by some students who then contacted administration.

After faculty inspected it, police and fire officials were called to the school on Fourth Avenue near downtown.

The nearly 2,000 students were bused to the Spokane Arena while bomb technicians investigated the item found at the school and eventually destroyed the science experiment.

Two more similar devices were found in a science classroom, said Spokane Public Schools spokeswoman Terren Roloff. The foot-long cylindrical item looks much like a pipe bomb.

One wonders just what the science experiment was.