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“One student turned to a trusted adult to report these comments and that adult passed the information on to the middle school administration. We immediately called the Weston Police Department,” Weston Middle School principal Daniel Doak wrote in a letter to parents.
The investigation ultimately found that the threat was not credible, and it was “a joke,” some students said.
“Through our investigation, we quickly determined the nature of the comments and the time frame. We interviewed several students who had knowledge of the threatening comments. When we asked these students why they hadn't reported them to an adult, the consistent response was ‘we knew it was just a joke.’’
Doak and other school officials reportedly met with students at the middle school, cautioning that any threat should be reported, even if it is seen as a joke. Students gave varying reports of the threat, some of whom said there was a specific date and “a list” of individual targets, though that has not been verified.
“We have no evidence of a physical list. No student claims to have seen a list of names. Many students gave very different versions of who might be on ‘the list.’ If we had knowledge of a list of that type, we would immediately notify all affected individuals.”
Officials noted that there was no risk, and the situation has since been dealt with. The student accused of making the threat had no access to any guns or weapons, they added.
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