A disgruntled father who tried to enter Dassa McKinney Elementary School in the Moniteau School District after threatening to blow it up and to kill the staff was sentenced Tuesday in Butler County Court.

Judge William Shaffer sentenced James L. Frank to serve 11 to 22 months in prison, but immediately paroled him because Shaffer already spent 297 days in the county prison awaiting trial.

Frank, 50, pleaded guilty to making terroristic threats and to possession of a weapon on school property.

When Frank finishes his parole, he will spend another 4 years on probation. As a condition of the probation, Frank must continue counseling that he said he already has begun.

Frank, who spoke in court, said he was “terribly sorry any of this happened.”

According to court records, Frank called school officials about 2 p.m. on Sept. 28 to express his dissatisfaction with his child’s performance in one area of study. He wanted his child removed from a particular class “and the school’s actions were not fast enough for him,” according to court records.

During the telephone conversation, Frank became enraged, threatened to blow up the building and to kill the staff, according to court records.

School district administrators put the building on lockdown, secured all doors, and called state police. Within minutes, Frank arrived at the school and tried to enter the front and side doors, but was unable to get in.

Frank tore off a security camera and an audio communication system that was mounted to the outside of the building, then left, according to court records.

State police spotted Frank leaving and stopped his minivan. Inside the vehicle, police reportedly saw two large butcher-style knives on the front floor board and the school security camera.

Frank’s defense attorney, Al Lindsay, in court Tuesday called his client’s actions “foolish,” and he noted Frank wishes he could relive that day and act differently.

Lindsay said that while Frank was in the prison, he completed an anger resolution program as well as a drug and alcohol program.

During earlier court appearances, Frank identified himself as a widowed father of two children. He has no previous criminal record.

Frank was ordered to pay $1,000 in restitution to the school district.

At the time of his arrest, Frank lived in West Sunbury, but court records say he now has an address in Pittsburgh.