A Surge of Violent School Threats Creates a Communication …
WEB1 day ago · An anonymous threat reporting system operated by Sandy Hook Promise, a nonprofit school violence prevention organization, has seen the number of average daily calls triple in the last two weeks ...
Threats to schools force lockdowns and canceled classes in at
WEB1 day ago · Threats to schools have forced lockdowns and canceled classes in at least a dozen states. This began after the school shooting in Georgia earlier this month. In West Virginia alone, there have ...
Schools Respond to Surge of Threats After Georgia School …
WEB4 days ago · Mike Stewart/AP. Schools around the country have received a surge of hundreds of violent threats following a Sept. 4 shooting at a Winder, Ga., high school—sparking closures, fear, and student ...
Oklahoma's disturbing spike in school threats reflects national …
WEBIn just one week, roughly 33 schools have received threats. And on Sept. 17 alone, Oklahoma school districts Waurika, McAlester, Moore and Minco paused classes or locked down to investigate ...
Shelby County deputies spend over $10K after MSCS school threats ...
WEB1 day ago · MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Parents, students and staff have been under stress after multiple threats of gun violence against Memphis area schools started circulating on social media the morning of ...
After Georgia shooting, schools see dozens of threats, kids arrested
WEBSep 12, 2024 · Children have been arrested in at least seven states amid a wave of dozens of violent threats against schools since the deadly shooting in Georgia.
School threats spread across the country after Georgia school
WEBThe threats can also spread quickly, whether true or not. “There’s been a contagion effect of school threats across the country after the Georgia school shooting,” Dr. Kenneth S. Trump, a ...
MSCS lockdown: Three detained after social media shooting threats
WEB3 days ago · Memphis Police Department interim Chief Cerelyn "C.J." Davis said MPD detained three students at Whitehaven High School. Southwind High School also received a threat via phone call at 7:19 a.m ...
TikTok school threat: Districts cancel class, increase security - USA TODAY
WEBDec 17, 2021 · Schools in Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois, Montana, New York and Pennsylvania increased their police presence Friday due to the alleged threats while schools in California, Minnesota,...
False calls about active school shooters are rising. They follow ... - NPR
WEBOct 7, 2022 · NPR identified at least six states where schools received bomb threats starting in mid-March and mostly concentrated through April. Minnesota, North Carolina, Maine, Louisiana and Hawaii each...