A Chicago Public Schools elementary and highschool on the Northwest Side had been positioned on a comfortable lockdown Wednesday due to separate threats on social media.
Principal Cliff Gabor of Mary Lyon Elementary School, 2941 N. McVicker Ave., in Belmont Central, wrote in a message to folks that college officers realized about “graffiti in the girl’s bathroom and also a social media post with a potential threat against the school” on Tuesday night.
Chicago police stated the varsity was positioned on a “soft lockdown” Wednesday, however didn’t present additional particulars concerning the menace.
“We are taking this very seriously and have notified the Chicago Police and are working closely with them,” Gabor wrote. “In addition, out of an over abundance of precaution, we will have extra security presence at the school.”
Police stated a scholar at one other faculty within the 1900 block of North Hamlin Avenue additionally obtained a menace via a social media app someday Wednesday morning, police stated. The menace got here from a scholar at a rival faculty and the varsity was positioned on a comfortable lockdown as a precaution.
Marine Leadership Academy is situated at 1920 N. Hamlin in Logan Square. A consultant on the faculty declined to remark concerning the menace or lockdown when reached by cellphone Wednesday morning.
Chicago Public Schools representatives didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.