School Gun Threats SpotCrime Crime List
After a victorious sweep last night by JV and Varsity highschool basketball teams I help coach, the post victory speech was stopped short when my players stated that they were not excited to go to school the next day.
There is a school policy that kids have to attend three consecutive periods in order to participate in any after school activities and we had another game scheduled the next day. And the 'tomorrow' they were speaking of also happened to be the Mayan prediction of the end of the world. So I didn't think twice when I laughed at them and told them they better be in every single class.
'A kid threatened to shoot up the school and kill students tomorrow. None of us want to go.'
My kids were afraid to go to school, not because of a Mayan prediction, but because of a threat by a peer. They had every reason to be on edge.
Fortunately, the kid was found expelled right before our game. I got confirmation from one of the teachers at the school and told the kids in hopes it would ease their worries.
I never thought something like that could be breathed in the small town I coach, however, Newton is a small town just like mine. And that's something scary to think about.
When I got home, I did a Google search to see if my local paper covered the story. I didn't find my town's story, but this seemed to be a recurring trend the past couple of days since the Newton tragedy.
Check out the SpotCrime crime list of a few of the incidents I found. I only hit the tip of the iceberg on this Google search - the threats stretched across the US.
School districts and police departments are taking all threats seriously. They are taking time to investigate each threat and even make arrests when necessary. Some of the threats were rumors spread throughout the school by students overhearing other students conversations. Some threats were made on Facebook and were directed toward a certain teacher. Most of the students identified with the threats were first examined by mental health officials, then passed on to the local police department.
Let your kids know that if they hear anything to report it to a teacher. And make sure to explain to your kids the seriousness behind making empty threats. It's not funny, they could get expelled, and it could be punishable by law.
There is a school policy that kids have to attend three consecutive periods in order to participate in any after school activities and we had another game scheduled the next day. And the 'tomorrow' they were speaking of also happened to be the Mayan prediction of the end of the world. So I didn't think twice when I laughed at them and told them they better be in every single class.
'A kid threatened to shoot up the school and kill students tomorrow. None of us want to go.'
My kids were afraid to go to school, not because of a Mayan prediction, but because of a threat by a peer. They had every reason to be on edge.
Fortunately, the kid was found expelled right before our game. I got confirmation from one of the teachers at the school and told the kids in hopes it would ease their worries.
I never thought something like that could be breathed in the small town I coach, however, Newton is a small town just like mine. And that's something scary to think about.
When I got home, I did a Google search to see if my local paper covered the story. I didn't find my town's story, but this seemed to be a recurring trend the past couple of days since the Newton tragedy.
Check out the SpotCrime crime list of a few of the incidents I found. I only hit the tip of the iceberg on this Google search - the threats stretched across the US.
School districts and police departments are taking all threats seriously. They are taking time to investigate each threat and even make arrests when necessary. Some of the threats were rumors spread throughout the school by students overhearing other students conversations. Some threats were made on Facebook and were directed toward a certain teacher. Most of the students identified with the threats were first examined by mental health officials, then passed on to the local police department.
Let your kids know that if they hear anything to report it to a teacher. And make sure to explain to your kids the seriousness behind making empty threats. It's not funny, they could get expelled, and it could be punishable by law.
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