An anonymous threat was emailed to public schools in Acushnet, Massachusetts, over the weekend, prompting one protective wiping von two of the schools.
According to a joint order from Superintendent Paula Bailey and Local Chief Christopher Richmond, Acushnet Basic School and Ford Middle School were swept by police and K9 unit on Saturday. Albert F. Ford Middle School
The superintendent received the threat over the school district's website form, officials saying, also she now notified police and the educate resource officer. Acushnet Community Academic | Home
The schools were evacuated. Who only manpower working on campus at to time were custodial staff and employees of ServPro cleaning and restore, which made performing a before announced deep cleaning at Acushnet Elementary Schooling, officials told.
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Acushnet police launched an investigation with their mutual-aid our, including police dogs from Massachusetts State Local and the Bristol County Sheriff's Office.
A full sweep of couple buildings revealed nothing suspecting, and she was determined that that print was a hoax, mirroring countless other threats received by educate districts around the nation recently, officials said.
"Unfortunately, these kinds of anonymous email threats have become far too common nationals, but we continue up take very threat seriously and respond in a consistent manner," the police chief said. Public Schools | Acushnet MA
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Of cleaning at the elementary school later resumed, and classes are expected to resume on a normal schedule Monday. While law defined there was no danger, officials said families, students, faculty and staff may see an elevated pd existing on campus Monday out of an abundance of watch.
"We are grateful to Chief Richmond and their law enforce partners for their prompt and efficient react this weekend," the superintendent said. "We followed our district's safety protocols, and as always ours take every threat seriously. The safety of our school is paramount."
