Lancaster County school district sees extra police presence after social media threat
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — The Conestoga Valley School District announced that there will be an extra police presence at two schools in the district after a threat was made on social media.
According to a letter from the district, on Sunday, Jan. 28, the district was made aware of threatening language made from an unknown Snapchat account which was directed at the middle school.
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Administrators immediately reached out to the East Lampeter Police Department and District Office officials. Snapchat was also contacted to report the account and to attempt to gather more information regarding the account.
After an investigation, police have stated that the student who made the threat was identified and police have confirmed there is no active threat to the Conestoga Valley community, however, police will continue to follow up regarding the incident.
Extra police presence on the high school and middle school campuses will be in place on Monday.
You can read the letter in its entirety below.
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This evening, Sunday, January 28, through a Safe2Say app notification, the District was made aware of threatening language made by an unknown Snapchat account and directed at the middle school. Middle school administrators immediately reached out to East Lampeter Township Police and District Office administrators. In addition, officers contacted Snapchat to both report the account and to attempt to gather more information about the unknown account.
After a thorough investigation by the East Lampeter Township (ELT) Police, the student who issued the threat was identified and police have confirmed there is no active threat to the CV community. ELT police will continue to follow up with the incident.There will be extra police presence on the high school and middle school campuses on Monday, in addition to Officers Werner and Zollner, the District’s School Resource Officers (SRO).
Because this is now a police matter, the District cannot comment any further, but should there be a need to further update CV parents, guardians, and/or the community, we will provide additional communication.
As a school and a District, we will continue to do our due diligence in practicing building safety. Through our actions, we will continue to make Huesken Middle School, and all schools in the District, safe learning environments for all.
Daniel Hartman, EdD and Rachel Metzinger, EdD
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