Police say the e-mails were targeted at school districts in urban areas. The Danville police chief said the student who is making threats should be prepared to face jail time.
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The incident occurred just two days after all public schools in Los Angeles were shut down – and classes for about 650,000 students were canceled – after several school board members there received an email in which the writer threatened a large-scale jihadist attack against the schools with “138 comrades” using explosives and assault weapons.
Las Vegas school officials say they received a threat similar to ones reported by school districts around the country.
Local police said they took precautions Thursday to ensure student and school staff safety and were “working closely with the LBUSD”. SFUSD Superintendent Richard Carranza received the forwarded e-mail forwarded from SFUSD employees at approximately 6:30 a.m. on Thursday December 17.
Authorities said they planned a search operation of all of the LAUSD’s more than 900 schools.
His own son was caught up in a 3 1/2-hour lockdown at his Fairfield high school in October after a telephone threat. Administrators want to be sure they’re only sending out verified information to parents, which sometimes means parents don’t receive notification of a threat until after it’s been vetted and resolved, Satterly said.
In an abundance of caution, additional resources have been deployed to schools.
The new threat is unrelated to one toward Danville schools late Wednesday, which police say involved a rumor that a student would bring a gun to class.
Even when a threat is determined to be a hoax, the consequences can be a severe, with the safety of thousands of children, millions of dollars in school funding, and the message sent by each decision on the line. We went to the schools.
School officials have been working with the Plainfield Police Department throughout the night.
Taking a harder line on crimes no longer seen as juvenile pranks, state lawmakers around the USA are proposing stiffer penalties for people who threaten schools at a time of fears over terrorism and mass shootings.
Schools in South Florida and Houston also opened Thursday with extra security on hand.
All-clears were given after bomb threats on Thursday at East Orange Campus High School in New Jersey and at Anacostia and Frank W. Ballou Senior high schools in Washington, D.C., according to officials.
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“These things keep happening, and they’re happening too often”, said Wisconsin state Rep. Ed Brooks, a Republican.
