by KYW's David Madden
About 1,200 students at Radnor High School in Delaware County had an unscheduled day off Thursday after a custodian noticed a threatening message on a boys' bathroom wall.
Superintendent Dr. Gary Cooper was called in the middle of Barbra Streisand’s concert on Wednesday night.
The message? Someone wrote this in a boys' lavatory: "You are the reason that people like me bring guns to school."
After consulting with police, Cooper (right) canceled classes for the students:
"There is just no question, in this day and age, that if you do err, you err on the side of safety, and I believe it was the only decision to make."
But those classes resumed Friday, with access in and out of the building limited during school hours -- the district’s lockdown procedure.
As for whoever wrote that message, Cooper has a suggestion: fess up -- now:
"They have to live up to their responsibilities and they’re going to be held accountable. But we don’t write off any children in this school district, and we want to work with them as well."
Police are scanning security videos in the school. Without getting specific, Cooper says they have some leads in tracking down the author.
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