Round Rock, Georgetown schools latest to have threat investigated

GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — Two Spherical Rock faculties have been the newest to reply to threats on social media this week. CD Fulkes Center College and close by Claude Berkman Elementary went into “lockout” mode as a precaution as Spherical Rock Police investigated a social media risk Thursday. Spherical Rock ISD mentioned it has not discovered proof of the risk.

When in lockout, nobody is allowed into the constructing. College students and workers keep inside, however lessons proceed as traditional.

The Georgetown Police Division can also be investigating “reported risk conditions” Thursday at Georgetown Excessive College, together with a scholar with a water gun on a bus and a threatening listing.

GPD mentioned a scholar introduced a “water gun that appeared reasonable” on a college bus. It has the gun and scholar, it mentioned.

It’s additionally interviewing two college students it believes are related to an “alleged hit kind listing.”

“We all the time take these kind of incidents severely and reply promptly and act accordingly,” GPD mentioned.

For the reason that elementary faculty capturing in Uvalde Tuesday that killed 19 college students and two academics, Central Texas faculties have elevated safety. They’ve additionally investigated native threats.

Authorities eliminated a Taylor ISD scholar from class Wednesday after they made a “threatening remark” in school, a district letter despatched to folks mentioned.

A scholar at Bastrop Center College wasn’t allowed to return to campus Thursday for the ultimate day of college after making a risk Wednesday, in keeping with a letter despatched to households from the BMS principal.

The letter mentioned college students heard the feedback and reported them to an grownup who turned the data over to administration and police.

Manor ISD is simply permitting important guests to enter its faculties. The Manor Police Division mentioned it detained 4 individuals because it investigated two threatening posts on social media. One was of a looking rifle and a male voice saying “F— Manor” that was despatched to a number of center faculty college students. Another photo sent on Snapchat confirmed a “feminine holding a weapon” with the phrases “Manor Received Some Coming.” It added there have been no particular threats made.

“We all know that the previous few days have been a tragedy for Uvalde, the State of Texas, and our Nation. Most of us on the Police Division are additionally dad and mom so we such as you share within the grief, the priority, and the concern. For this reason you might have seen a significantly elevated police presence within the faculties during the last a number of days,” GPD mentioned.