More CT school threats disrupt classes, cause alarm

Friday, September 20, 2024

School threats circulating on social media created chaos in multiple Connecticut districts that had to either cancel classes entirely, delay opening or increase their police presence Thursday, according to administrators and police officials.

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... The incidents are becoming so widespread in recent days that officials in towns that have not received a threat are upping their police presence in the schools as a precaution, some officials said.

Bridgeport schools initially opened on a two-hour delay Thursday morning, after a juvenile was charged with making threats that went "viral," officials said.

What we know and don't know about the school threats across Connecticut

However, by around noon, the schools announced that students would be dismissed early and schools would be closed on Friday, after "additional" threats were found online. The exact nature of the new threats was not immediately clear. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-20 12:21 AM | Reply

@#1 ... The incidents are becoming so widespread in recent days ...

Yeah, the lead story on the local Connecticut evening news now seems to be along the lines of ... ~ multiple school threats ...~

This ain't good.

What are the kids learning from this?

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-20 12:23 AM | Reply

Re: #2 Lamplighter

That they better believe that America is the best damn country in the world, or else?

Also, I wonder how much foreign countries like Russia have a hand in sowing this chaos

#3 | Posted by hamburglar at 2024-09-20 05:45 AM | Reply

I wonder how much foreign countries like Russia have a hand in sowing this chaos

You can bet Russian trolls like Robson are doing this extensively.

#4 | Posted by Nixon at 2024-09-20 07:52 AM | Reply

The threats do not seem to be abating...

CT school threats 'shake everybody to the core.' Dozens of incidents taking toll on communities
www.ctinsider.com

... Since Sept. 4, when police say a 14-year-old opened fire at a Georgia high school, killing two students and two teachers, dozens of threats have rattled Connecticut schools and communities.

It started just hours after the Georgia shooting when Norwich Technical High School was placed in lockdown after bullets were found on a hallway floor. A report of a pipe bomb, posted to social media, then spurred the evacuation of a building that day at Quinnipiac University in Hamden.

Two schools in Windsor and Bloomfield were placed on lockdown the next day as police investigated a concerning comment and a reported weapon, respectively.

Such incidents since have continued for weeks and haven't appeared to be slowing. In recent days, incidents have closed schools in Bridgeport, Ansonia, Torrington and Bristol. ...

#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-21 12:58 PM | Reply