Protocol for potential threats in schools

LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – When dealing with potential threats, schools have protocols they have to follow.

That can mean walking a fine line between possibly causing panic and informing parents.

“You cannot take any threat lightly. So we have to address it, Turn it over law enforcement earliest, that you can, let them deemed the level of threat and address it accordingly. Had we deemed it was some sort of threat to the student, you cannot have 500 parents rushing to a school setting. If there were a threat there, you could endanger them and those that are inside,” said superintendent Lynn Wright.

While social media can be a tool, it can also be a hindrance.

“One of the things that can create chaos so fast is Facebook. Instead informational, get on Facebook, and people start trying to get bigger and bigger, and you start a snowball effect. And you know, it, it’s sad, but kids end up getting seriously hurt over the rumor mill,” said Wright.

Administrators understand that sometimes kids say things in a moment of anger, but they still have to follow the rules.

“It’s was a little thing, like making a statement when you’re mad, you know. The students that are bullied sometimes will end up making statements, retaliatory statements in their mind, you know, they retaliating in their mind trying to think of something they could do and they may make a statement that they later regret and it’s not a serious statement, but they make it and once they make it we have to treat it as serious,” said Wright.

Wright said parents should caution their kids about making joking threats or similar posts on social media because there can be consequences.

He reached out to us after we reported a 15-year-old was arrested for allegedly making threats at a Caledonia school.

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