The lockdowns were later lifted as police contacted the father and questioned him.
No shots were fired, and no one was hurt. Classes continued as usual during the lockdowns. Both schools were locked down since it was unclear which child the father was intending to pick up. One of the children attends Sacajawea Middle School and the other attends Todd Beamer High School. When the mother told the father that he could not take the child, the father implied he had a handgun and would "have a shoot-out with police," Schrock said. The incident unfolded when the mother of the two children called police and said the children's father had contacted her to say he was going to the school to pick up one of the children, in violation of a domestic protection order, said Federal Way police spokeswoman Cathy Schrock. Two Federal Way public schools were locked down for about an hour Tuesday morning after the father of two children at the schools threatened to have a "shoot-out with police," officials said. A 33-year-old teacher at Todd Beamer High School in Federal Way is under investigation for second-degree rape, accused of having sex with a now-17-year-old student over the past two years. Reporter Andy Nystrom contributed to this story.FEDERAL WAY, Wash.
“He was a hero with a strong moral history and it was excellent role modeling for our students.” “This was a peer that the students related to, a contemporary that was part of their time and a part of the history that they were living,” Everhart said. The school opened in 2003 when the terrorist attacks and Todd Beamer’s story were fresh in everybody’s minds. Among other names considered were aviator Amelia Earhart and Abraham Lincoln.Ĭarol Everhart, a retired principal of Todd Beamer who served on the name-selection committee, said she supported the name Todd Beamer. Federal Way School Board policy stated that the school had to be named after a deceased national hero. Nearly 1,000 future Todd Beamer students voted from a list of five possible names for the new high school before the name Todd Beamer was chosen in 2002. A post office in New Jersey and a building at Wheaton College are also named after him. Todd Beamer High School is one of three buildings in the nation named after Beamer. Thank you very much for the special honor and the tradition of wrapping us in love, health, and hope … Let’s roll!” School and spent his senior year of High School at Los Gatos High School in.
“It’s been a privilege for you to have me back here with you. By Marco Margaritoff Edited By Jaclyn Anglis Published ApUpdated AugA passenger on United Airlines Flight 93, Todd Beamer helped lead a revolt against the terrorists who hijacked his plane on Septemand may have saved the U.S. Todd Beamer was one of the men that regained control of the plane that was. “Let’s Roll, do the right thing, at the right time,” David Beamer said. He encouraged the students to adopt key characteristics of self-responsibility, positive attitude, commitment, balance, enthusiasm, integrity, and a sense of humor.Ī small group of Todd Beamer students attended the event in person while the rest of the student body viewed the ceremony from classrooms through a live stream. “We had a hug, and I said, ‘I love you Beam, be careful, see you later.’ That was my last memory of my son, and my counteroffer is to make a good memory every day.” “My last memory with Todd was two-and-a-half weeks before I lost him, and I didn’t know that was the last time I was going to see him,” David Beamer said. The event began with a drumming performance by the school’s Native Education Program who also presented the Beamers with a traditional blanket, a common bereavement practice to recognize mourning and moving forward.ĭavid Beamer spoke about his last visit to the school in 2015 and the last time he saw Todd before 9/11.
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