CCSD aware of social media threats

The Clark County School District has sent an email missive to parents letting them cognize they are alert of nebulous threats aimed astatine disrupting schools successful the valley.

Meanwhile, schools successful Carson City closed Friday arsenic they faced the aforesaid contented of societal media threats circulating online there, according to aggregate media reports.

“(CCSD) is alert of immoderate societal media trends and rumors that tin make disruptions connected our campuses and the surrounding community. Please cognize that determination are presently vague threats being experienced by galore schoolhouse districts crossed the nation,” the emailed missive sent to parents by CCSD said.

“CCSD medication and CCSD Police are alert of these posts that are often created by individuals extracurricular our assemblage with the intent of disrupting learning crossed the country,” the schoolhouse territory said. “Please cognize that CCSD Police and our instrumentality enforcement partners instrumentality threats seriously, however, these existent societal media trends are vague and mean to halt the learning situation connected the past time of schoolhouse Dec. 17 for galore schoolhouse districts crossed the country.”

The drawstring of threats to schools person often included threatened weapon unit aft a pupil successful Michigan killed 4 astatine Oxford High School.

“One of our apical priorities is to supply a affirmative and harmless learning environment, harmless from distractions, for each of our students and staff,” CCSD said. “We are asking for parents to show their children’s societal media usage and prosecute their children successful conversations astir due behaviour and the expectations outlined successful the CCSD Student Code of Conduct. Also, delight speech to your children astir the superior consequences of making threats to the school. It is not a joke. All threats are taken earnestly and volition beryllium dealt with appropriately.

“We besides promote each members of the assemblage to study threats straight to instrumentality enforcement, alternatively than sharing unsubstantiated rumors done societal media. Students and parents tin marque reports done the SafeVoice reporting strategy by calling 1-833-216-SAFE (7233), done the website astatine safevoicenv.org oregon done the escaped downloadable telephone app. Or telephone CCSDPD dispatch astatine 702-799-5411 for contiguous attention.”

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