Clark-Pleasant Middle School.
Some Clark-Pleasant students will face discipline after school officials say they sent a message threatening violence on specific individuals in the community.
In an email to parents sent Thursday evening, Clark-Pleasant Superintendent Patrick Spray said a message sent at Clark-Pleasant Middle School “threatened violence against specific students and adults in the community.” Spray said school officials were made aware of this message by a parent.
The Clark-Pleasant Police Department conducted a threat assessment and notified the students and adults who were identified in the threatening message. Each individual was safe and accounted for, and classes were not canceled on Friday, Spray said in the email. School officials do not believe there is a credible threat from those messages, he said.
The school identified the students who created the message, and they will face disciplinary action in alignment with school district policy, Spray said. He could not release further details to maintain student confidentiality.
Spray asked parents in the email to reach out to him if they had questions or concerns.
“We would like to thank those who stepped forward to alert our staff of the threat. We strongly encourage others to do the same if they find themselves in a similar situation in the future. We all have a role to play in maintaining the safety and security of our schools,” Spray said in the email.
In an unrelated incident, the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office and the Center Grove Police Department investigated a seperate threat circulating on social media to other nearby schools Friday morning. But officials found the threat originated out of state and wasn’t credible, Center Grove Community School Corporation officials told parents in a message sent Friday.
The message, which appeared to be from Snapchat, threatened a school shooting Friday but likely originated in Florida before spreading on social media in several states, including Indiana. The post drew concern from parents at Franklin, Center Grove and Greenwood schools, Greenwood Community School Corporation Superintendent Terry Terhune said.
“We appreciate when parents see something, they call us or let the police and the sheriff know,” he said.
There were no delays to school opening, but Franklin Community School Corporation did have an increased police presence throughout the day, according to a message sent to parents of students at Franklin schools Friday.
