Blue Herron Middle School: Case Study

On 10/28/14 at about 1800 hrs. I was called by Sgt Williams and told that the Patrick Kane the acting Principal at Blue Herron Middle School had called looking for a phone number for me. I was off duty, but return the call.

At about 1805 hrs. I spoke with Kane and was told that on Saturday the 25th, 2014 Anna Brown told her mental health counselor Wayne Shaffer who was also staff at the Proctor House that weekend that her boyfriend Caleb Bell and told her that he wanted to kill his mother, and bomb the staff at the Frontier House. These statements were made during the evening hours and part of an active conversation between Wayne and Anna. I told Kane that I would be at the school at 0730 hrs. and will staff a meeting with the High School’s

I meet with school staff. I was told of an incident about 2 years ago, 2012-2013 school year where Caleb had brought a knife to school. While in the Library with his adult education assistant, Amy Recker a kitchen knife that was approximately 8 inches long was found in his boot. Caleb was emergency expelled for this incident and since then has been a student of the Frontier House, a school administrated by Jefferson County Mental Health. I was told that he has an individual education plan (IEP) and that his Foster mother has told the school that he has Aspergers disorder. Asperger disorder has been reclassified as autism spectrum disorder (ASD.)

Caleb was a student at the Port Townsend High School during the 2012-2013 school year, for approximately 55 days (Sept/Oct 2012.) I reviewed his school records and found that there were 8 referrals during this time frame with several referrals for incidents involving knifes and minor assaults. He was ultimately suspended October 31st, for the kitchen knife that was found in his boot.

At 0915 hrs. I stopped at the Proctor House to see if there was a report regarding the conversation between Wayne and Anna. There was no information in the log book, but I was told that Wayne was working on his report, and should be at The Frontier House