A student going to the bathroom last week found something a little out of the ordinary sitting on the urinal. It looked, in all respects, like a bomb. He ran back to class and informed his teacher, who notified administration. Campus Supervisor Gary Hightower was first on the scene. Hightower described the device as a two inch square battery pack containing three AA batteries. Two wires ran from the battery pack to a flat off-white five-by-two inch "dish" with condensation on it. "It wasn't ticking, but I wasn't about to touch it," Hightower said. "I almost picked it up, but then I thought to myself, 'No, Gary, you don't want your fingers blown off!'" Hightower locked the bathrooms so students could not enter. The Stockton Police Department was called, as well as the bomb unit. Within two minutes, Interim Principal Dave Hurley said, the police had arrived. The bomb unit arrived a little after second period started. The men from the bomb unit removed the device from the bathroom. Teachers were notified with two notes; the second one informed them that the device was actually harmless. "A few students left campus due to rumor," Hurley said. "We wanted to eliminate panic and missed class time. You want to be cautious, but you don't want to incite misinformation." The bomb scare at Bear Creek occurred on the same day as the one-year anniversary of Columbine, April 20, which is also Adolf Hitler's birthday. Hurley said that copy cats are possible. Although the device was harmless, three classes were relocated. Julia Morgan was not evacuated. "Between first and second periods, the Julia Morgan pathway was rerouted as a precaution," Hurley said. "We err on the side of caution every time. Our goal is to make this the safest school possible." Hurley said that Julia Morgan was not evacuated because he didn't want class to be disrupted. However, if the Stockton Police Department had requested that the nearby classrooms be evacuated, they would have been. If the device had been a bomb, administration would have taken direction from the Stockton Police Department. Whoever left the device in the bathroom did not notify anyone of its location. If Hurley believes it will be worthwhile, a Crimestopper reward will be offered for information about the device. The person who placed the device in the bathroom is unknown at this time. "Whoever is responsible for this will experience fairly significant consequences," Hurley said.