WARREN, Mich. (WWJ) – Metro Detroit schools have been hit with a slew of threats in the two weeks since the deadly Oxford High School shooting and officials in the Warren Community School District say despite their best efforts, “some students are still not getting the message about posting inappropriate things on social media.”
Superintendent Dr. Robert Livernois said in a message posted to Facebook Monday night they’re investigating several threats in the district, including two students who are facing expulsion from Grissom Middle School.
Livernois said those two students posted and then shared a threat directed at a teacher who had given one of the students a poor grade on an assignment.
“The students then made the very poor decision to share this on social media,” he said.
Meanwhile at Carter Middle School, officials are investigating a student who allegedly posted a “hit list” by using another student’s account.
That student is also facing the possibility of expulsion.
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Livernois says officials contacted police in Warren and Sterling Heights in both situations and neither threat was deemed to be credible.
“Most important, I encourage you to sit down with your child, check their cell phones for pictures, videos, and apps to help them understand the seriousness of posting things on social media that will most certainly get them into trouble,” Livernois said.
He also asked parents to “please remind them to not share their log-in name or passwords with their friends.”
“The parents of the students involved today were devastated to learn that their children are now facing expulsion from school and a referral for criminal prosecution,” the Facebook post said.
At least two dozen students have been charged with making threats in the last two weeks, including 20 in Wayne County alone. Some students told authorities they made the false threats in an attempt to get out of school.
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