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| Nashua schools to reopen Tuesday | |
| 2015-12-22 | |
The threat came in through email. Officials said they exercised extreme caution in closing the schools Monday, but they later determined the threat wasn't credible, and it's safe for students to return. Police Chief Andrew Lavoie wouldn't go into specifics about what was written in the threat or where it might have come from. Officials also wouldn't go so far as to call it a hoax, but they said they are confident that the school buildings are safe. "We can say with confidence there is no current threat to Nashua public schools," Lavoie said. Superintendent Mark Conrad said the threat was specific, mentioning the two high schools by name, Monday's date and the means by which students would be hurt. "Over time, superintendents have learned that the more specifics, the more concerned to be about a threat, and this was a very specific threat," Conrad said. Putting safety first, Conrad said he decided to not only close the high schools but all 17 public schools. "Had we held school in the other schools, we would have had a very high rate of absenteeism, a high level of anxiety," he said. "This way, we could say every child was safe today." One town over in Hudson, Superintendent Bryan Lane said he had his faculty search their emails. Even though they found no threats, he still took precautions. "We put extra police presence in place at the high schools and also in the elementary schools," Lane said. In Nashua, police called in the FBI for assistance. Police hand-checked windows and doors, and searched the buildings at every school. "Literally hand checks of doors, windows. We had bomb dogs, the Nashua department bomb unit there. We had state police and ATF bomb K-9s assisting us," Lavoie said. Lavoie said nothing suspicious was found. "I certainly don't know the intent of the perpetrator, but we will do everything we can to find you, and you will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law," he said. Nashua schools plan to have an increased police presence Tuesday, and briefings will be held in the morning for faculty and staff. Guidance counselors will be on hand for students. "It's just something that you get used to nowadays and it's like everywhere, and hopefully everything goes by fine and nothing happens," Rodriguez said. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 And if you don't shut them down, and there is an attack, you have a real problem. The first duty of a bureaucrat is to avoid that kind of problem above all else. It's called CYA. |
| Posted by: KBK 2015-12-22 13:07 |
| #1 "Over time, superintendents have learned that the more specifics, the more concerned to be about a threat, and this was a very specific threat," Conrad said. You guys just on keep handing the enemy your protocols. What could possibly go wrong? BTW, I wouldn't shut down an entire school system for an email threat. |
| Posted by: gorb 2015-12-22 11:30 |