A Surge of Violent School Threats Creates a Communication Crisis for Districts
As schools face a widespread surge in violent threats, districts have rushed to respond through parent meetings, local press appearances, and videos of students urging their peers to be careful what they post online.
Maryland teen arrested in connection to D.C. school threats, police say
A 15-year-old boy from Brandywine, Md., has been charged with making threats to kidnap or injure a person. A 15-year-old Maryland teen was arrested Friday after D.C. police said he used social media to threaten several schools in the District.
Police Arrest 15-Year Old for Making Social Media Threats Against DC Schools
Police on Friday arrested a 15-year old boy on charges related to threats on social media that prompted an increased police presence at multiple schools in the nation's capital
Teen makes social media threat towards multiple schools across different parishes
A rash of online school threats against several Louisiana schools had many parents worried about their child’s safety, but the parents we spoke to also say living under a threat is sadly a normal part of having a kid in school in today’s world.
Bridgeport closes all public schools on Friday after social media threats
All Bridgeport Public Schools will be closed on Friday after multiple buildings were targets of social media threats, the superintendent said. “We are working closely with local and federal law enforcement agencies in this situation,
Teen arrested for making school threats, claims it was a joke, Tulare PD says
A 15-year-old girl from Tulare was arrested for making threats on social media, which she claimed was a joke. No weapons were found during the investigation.
Student detained after Boise schools threatened on social media. No charges filed
This serves as a good reminder for parents to discuss with their children that any threat against the school ... will be investigated fully by law enforcement and may result in serious consequences.”
Amid an increase in school threats, officials calling for harsher consequences - "There has to be some price paid."
After being the target of threats twice in the last week, some in Woodland Hills want to see harsher punishment for those ...
Children, parents charged as police crack down on school threats: 'They think this is funny'
The number of threats of violence against area schools has risen to the dozens as school safety concerns spike nationwide, ...
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Parents urged to talk to kids about social media use amid uptick in school threats
ANNAPOLIS - Anne Arundel County Public Schools and the police department reported an uptick in school threats that have ...
Schools are seeing an increase in threats, just how many and what is being done
During the 2022 - 23 school year, the Office of School Safety received 84 threats. This school year they’ve received 115 ...
Donna Vickroy: Are school safety threats the new normal? Onus is on kids — and parents — to take action
The community is the hero in Tinley Park, Elgin, Joliet and many other Chicago-area towns, where alert and responsive kids ...
Threats made against Pine-Richland School District deemed to be swatting calls from Australia
The FBI and Northern Regional Police Department have learned that two threats made against the district originated from ...
Randall and Potter County officials explain consequences of school threats
School threats have recently circulated on social media across the nation, with at least nine arrests being made in the ...
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School Threats Reported at Two Wausau-Area Schools
Threatening messages were reported at Horace Mann Middle School in Wausau and the D.C. Everest Middle School in Weston this ...
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School threats strain law enforcement resources in Pennsylvania
School threats in the Susquehanna Valley and across Pennsylvania are not only causing emotional distress for students, ...
21 Juveniles Charged With Making School Threats in South Carolina
The charges are part of a sprawling investigation into more than 60 threats targeting schools in 23 counties since a mass ...
Virginia schools part of national wave of school threats
Schools in at least 35 cities or counties across Virginia have been targeted in social media or direct threats since the ...