Administrator applauds response to Mount Sentinel incident

Kootenay Lake school trustees have been debriefed about the incident at Mount Sentinel secondary in June.

Grad was postponed after the school received threats and a student was arrested.

District administrator Ben Eaton says they learned some valuable lessons.

Eaton says crisis training they’ve had in place for the last few years paid off in this situation.

He adds they should celebrate their response and the fact no one got hurt.

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