Public schools in Miami-Dade County are open as usual Thursday after receiving a threat that several levels of law enforcement have deemed “less than credible”, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, officials said early today.
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Here in the Central Valley, local school districts are checking their security measures after the threat in Los Angeles.
The threatening email, which, according to the Houston Chronicle, district officials do not believe to be credible, follows similar threats of violence against school districts in Los Angeles and New York City on Tuesday, threats that officials ultimately called hoaxes. “The safety of students, staff, and parents is of utmost importance and we approach safety with an overabundance of caution”.
“We are sharing this information with our community to ensure everyone is aware of this situation”. Officials in Clovis and at Fresno Unified School Districts ultimately determined there was no threat to either district. “Parents/guardians are encouraged to send their children to their regularly scheduled classes and activities”.
But one lawmaker says the decision to close the schools could give terror groups the idea that they can “literally mail it in” – and disrupt large cities just by emailing a threat.
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