School officials in Danville, Indiana, in a post on Twitter wrote: “Due to newly received threats toward the school system received overnight, Danville schools will be CLOSED Thurs, Dec 17 for students & staff”.
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“Has to be a credible threat…that’s an easy thing to say but there is a lot of work that goes into determining whether the threat is credible or unfounded…that’s a lot of investigative time and research, analysis. but it is a CREDIBLE threat before you interrupt a business school day or anything like that”.
“It did cause a lot of nervousness with the parents and the students”, said William Wright, Danville Police Chief.
According to the SFUSD, San Francisco’s school district is the seventh largest in California with approximately 57,000 students enrolled.
“After Los Angeles schools received threats earlier this week, other schools districts in the United States have received similar threats – including the Long Beach Unified School District – which have been deemed not credible by law enforcement, ” a Long Beach police statement said.
New York City schools also received a threat officials there said the threat was “not credible” and kept schools open.
A third suburban Indianapolis school district canceled classes after receiving a threat.
The threats toward both Plainfield and Danville schools are nothing like investigators have seen before, Lees said.
On Thursday, the school was placed on lockdown and after-school activities were canceled.
San Francisco Public Schools said the emailed threat was “non-specific”, and an Federal Bureau of Investigation search of school buildings uncovered nothing suspicious.
Wright said officials are investigating and taking the threats seriously.
In Orlando, Orange County Superintendent Barbara Jenkins said the threatening email was sent to the district’s general email late Wednesday, and principals have been asked to stay alert and keep students calm. Law enforcement was notified and checked it out, and then schools opened Thursday morning.
Officials said the threat came in electronic form and was made to numerous but unspecified campuses.
A parent got in touch with Goshen High School Tuesday morning to report a threat that a student had posted on Facebook, according to Goshen Community Schools.
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Sainz, however, says she’s still worried and is anxious about sending her fourth-grader back when classes resume January 4. The district’s police department activated its emergency response protocol and began working with other law enforcement agencies to make sure the schools were safe, though no credible threat was found. A threat has been directed to the high school, and the safety and security of all students is our highest priority.
