Stupid Prank at Dana Hills High

* Re “3 Arrested After Threats at Dana Hills High,” March 24:

After reading your story, I sort of felt ashamed to call my school a safe place now. I can’t imagine why anyone would want to do something like that. I really feel sorry for the people on the “hit list.” When I told my parents about the threats, they were shocked.

I think the two girls writing the threats have no self-confidence and a very low self-esteem to do such a thing. Even if it was a hoax, you can really put somebody down.

What bothers me the most is that they were freshmen.

I am glad the three got arrested and are in Juvenile Hall because I would not feel safe knowing that just because it was a prank doesn’t mean it couldn’t happen. I hope we never have to go through this again.

JENNIFER WHITE

Laguna Niguel

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* I am pleased to see that these three kids faced consequences they deserved. Those things should not be treated lightly, especially with all that is happening with the high schools in Southern California. Though the incidents were jokes, they definitely should not have been done. Now other kids will know that these issues are serious and should not be joked around with.

KANDICE HENRY

Dana Point

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* I am a student at Dana Hills High School. I was very surprised about the threats at my school. After the announcement by my principal, some kids left the class. In my next class, more than half the kids were gone.

I think Dana Hills is a safe school. There are usually two policemen here.

JASON CHU

Dana Point

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* I am a student at Dana Hills High School, and after reading your story I felt angry. The story portrays all of the teens today at high schools as a bunch of troublemaking youths who do not want to go to school. Although this may be true of about 10 children, the other thousands were also portrayed in the same way.

Although all of the teens portrayed in this story acted with poor judgment, I think the story could have focused more on the problems faced by high school youths. Perhaps the reporters could have attempted to understand what motivates some kids to behave in this antisocial manner.

JULIAN McCARTY

Dana Point