Reward grows in case of Penn Wood High fire

The reward for information about the person who set fire to Penn Wood High School's Green Avenue campus last month is now $22,000, and the district has released surveillance videos of the suspect.

Two clips from March 20 show the suspect wearing dark pants, a hooded sweatshirt and a dark jacket walking down the front steps of the school and riding away on a bike around 3 a.m. shortly before custodians found written bomb threats taped to the outside of school doors.

A clip from April 18, the day of the fire, shows the same person walking behind the bleachers outside the school before entering the building.

While the person's face is not visible, school officials said they were releasing the videos in the hopes someone might recognize something else about the suspect.

The clips can be seen on the school district website at http://www.wpsd.k12.pa.us/default.htm.

Meanwhile, students are planning a rally in support of their school on June 8 from noon to 4 p.m. at Kerr Field in Yeadon. Ever since the fire to the school's Green Avenue campus - home to 11th and 12th graders - students have been doubled up in the district's Cypress Street campus for 9th and 10th grades.

-- Kathy Boccella