School districts across the country issued warnings, increased security and canceled classes in response to vague, anonymous shooting and bomb threats that officials say were made on TikTok but are not considered credible.
“Making the decision to cancel classes tomorrow has not been an easy one,” Principal Greg Kapaku said in a message to parents.A lot has changed for students over the last few years. Their daily lives, like all of us, were disrupted. But, experts say, the sudden return to schools has allowed educators to see the damage done over the pandemic.
But, the pandemic brought changes for schools that allow them to switch to remote learning easily, meaning the typical disruptions of closing a school doesn't always have to apply.Remote learning could be spurring some of these behaviors and defaulting back to that could just worsen the issue. Plus, students behind such threats could feel emboldened if schools shutter each time they make a public threat.
"It's something that we've seen for the last 20 years," she said of copycat threats. "But now you've got other factors here as well with TikTok, which didn't exist 25 years ago, and you've got COVID, which left people constrained to virtual classrooms. It's hard.
Parents should also give their children context about the threats by explaining what they and educators are doing to keep students safe, "so that there's some reassurances, psychologically, not giving a false sense of security," he said. "I often encourage parents to have candid conversations."
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