Long Beach schools among several in U.S. to receive threats

Clark County School District officials said Thursday morning that it was one of many around the country to receive email threats.

In Danville, about 20 miles west of Indianapolis, the Danville Community High School already was on alert due to separate incidents of threats by students, both of whom were arrested early Thursday.

Orange County Public Schools is investigating anemail threat Thursday it received similar to the ones sent to school districts in Los Angeles and New York City this week.

San Francisco schools have received a threat similar to ones received in Los Angeles, New York and Dallas this week.

Tuesday’s districtwide closure in Los Angeles was sparked by an email threatening a large-scale attack.

The Dallas Independent School District received a similar threat Wednesday night, officials said.

Danville and Plainfield police are trying to find the third person and Wright said the school closings were “a precautionary measure while we’re trying to determine if the threat is credible”.

The district said in a statement that the validity of the threat it received Thursday afternoon remained in question, but it canceled classes on Friday anyway.

She said they’re focus right now is working with police on the investigation.

School will resume on January 4. The threats had been sent to another student in a text but were directed at the entire school, according to police.

In a move criticized by some law enforcement officials as an overreaction, officials in Los Angeles, the nation’s second-largest school district, canceled classes for 640,000 public school students on Tuesday over a threatened attack with bombs and guns that was later deemed a hoax.

The threats toward both Plainfield and Danville schools are nothing like investigators have seen before, Lees said.

At what point do you shut down the school or cancel school after a threat?

In Danville, the Danville Community School Corp. said two students – a 14-year-old freshman and a 17-year-old senior – were arrested.

“The district has crisis response plans in place, and we are proud to have a dedicated police force who patrol our campuses and are trained to detect and respond to threats”, the district said.

According to Mesquite Police Department’s Lieutenant MaQuade Chesley, MPD had not received any notification from CCSD or other agencies that would call for a need of heightened security at Mesquite Schools.

Martinsville Schools Superintendent Dr. Michelle Moore announced Thursday morning that all Martinsville schools are on lockdown following the threats made at Danville and Plainfield Schools.