Threats Sent to Miami, Houston Schools

School officials in Miami and Houston say they received “less-than-credible” threats last night.

Bratton said the most obvious mistake was that the email’s author, a supposed jihadist, spelled “Allah” with a lowercase “a”. After consultation with state and federal law enforcement, it was deemed “less than credible”, it said. In Texas, The Houston Chronicle tweeted out that school officials in Dallas and Houston also received similar threats.

HISD police werepresent at the Arabic Immersion Magnet School on Thursday, in Houston.

Campus safety officials predict the number of school threats related to terrorism will continue to rise.

School districts from Florida to California reported receiving threats Thursday similar to those that closed Los Angeles’ massive school system earlier this week, though in most cases students attended class without interruption. “Same kind of description about bombs being placed in schools, people with guns, etc”.

In Miami, school district police immediately contacted law enforcement agencies and made a decision to open schools. L.A. went ballistic, shutting down all schools on Tuesday at a cost of millions to taxpayers; NY, meanwhile, deemed the threats a “hoax” and went on with their business.

Danville police are encouraging parents to be parents and ask their children what they know about the threats. The districts serve about 2,500 and 5,400 students, respectively.

Multiple news outlets have compared Los Angeles in the wake of the San Bernadino attack to NY in the wake of 9/11.

Orange County Public School officials say they have been in communication with law enforcement.

“We are going to increase our presence on the campus, which means the officers are going to be in and around the campuses today, patrolling each campus”, Hickman said.

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

Anonymous threats posted on Facebook prompted schools in Plainfield and Danville to cancel classes Thursday – disruptions that had ripple effects at other schools across the country. They are pressure cooker bombs, hidden in backpacks around the schools.

After Houston Independent School District (HISD) told students and faculty that schools would be open Thursday, HISD called in all of its police officers on overtime Thursday morning to patrol schools.