On Oct. 30 the Clarke County School District was made aware of a threat posted on social media towards three CCSD schools. The CCSD superintendent Demond Means addressed the threat through an email he sent to parents assuring the district was investigating the situation. “This evening, district administrators were made aware of social media posts referencing threats against several of our schools,” Means said in the email. “The Clarke County School District is working directly with the Athens-Clarke County Police Department to investigate this incident. We are taking this situation very seriously and will continue to work with the ACCPD to ensure our schools, students, and staff remain safe and secure.”
On Oct. 30, the Clarke County School District parents received an email from the CCSD Superintendent Demond Means addressing an investigation into a social media post that threatened violent actions against three CCSD schools.
Clarke County School District parents received an email on Oct. 30 from the CCSD Superintendent Demond Means addressing a social media post threatening three CCSD schools, Clarke Middle School, Alps Road Elementary and Cleveland Road Elementary. Around 8:41 p.m. screenshots of the threat were circulating across social media platforms.
“We are taking this situation very seriously and will continue to work with the ACCPD (Athens-Clarke County Police Department) to ensure our schools, students, and staff remain safe and secure. As a precaution, the district will have increased security at all schools tomorrow,” Means said in the email.
Clarke Central High School math department teacher Tamika Hubbard was alarmed by the post but believes it was an empty threat.
“I really don’t think that if someone truly wants to do that, they will put themselves out there like that. But then on another note, I think it kind of made me a little bit angry because, I mean, we have responsibilities here and we have purposes here, and for someone to try and inflict fear into the minds of people, that made me angry,” Hubbard said.
Regardless of whether or not the threats made are valid, CCHS Associate Principal Reginald Thomas has confidence that the district is handling the threat through increased security.
“As a member (of the) administrative team at Clarke Central and a member of this school district, I’m confident that the district takes (the threats) seriously, and that they’ll do everything they can to maintain our safety,” Thomas said.
