Officials in Frisco ISD are asking families not to send their children to school Monday morning after several campuses in the district received threats via email.
In an email to parents, district officials said they don’t think the threat is credible. All campuses have been placed in secure status, meaning students and teachers must stay inside the building, and teachers and building administrators lock all perimeter doors. But otherwise, the school day continues largely as usual.
Students and staff who were already at school before their campuses went into secure status will stay there until police determine it’s safe to resume normal school operations, district officials said.
“We understand that any report of a threat can be unsettling,” district leaders said in the email to parents. “Please know that the safety and well-being of our students and staff is our highest priority.”
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The threats in Frisco ISD are the latest in a series of similar incidents in schools across North Texas. Last week, a bomb threat at Dallas ISD’s North Dallas High School prompted heavy police response. The following day, campuses in several districts across the region went into secure status after a video surfaced online containing threats against students. Police determined neither the threats at North Dallas High School nor the ones in the video were credible.
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