The Houston Independent School District said a social media threat caused a lockdown at Stevenson Middle School in southeast Houston early Monday, February 19.
According to click2houston.com, Tracy Clemmens, a spokesman for the HISD, said authorities were made aware of the threat in the morning and the school was placed on lockdown. That lockdown was lifted about a half-hour later.
Clemmens said that officials want to assure parents that everyone at the school is safe and there is no need to pick up their children.
HISD identified the student believed to be responsible, and he was not on campus at the time. HISD said he will now face “appropriate disciplinary action.”
Last Friday, February 16, Fort Bent County Sheriff’s Office said two teenagers accused in separate incidents of making threats through social media to harm people at two Fort Bend County Schools have been arrested.
#BREAKING parents pulling their kids from #StevensonMS, parents say they were notified about a threat made to #HISD campus this AM, after #Parkland, families say they aren't taking any chances. #khou11 pic.twitter.com/l9oVqZfXHv
— Melissa Correa (@MCorreaKHOU) February 19, 2018
The school lockdown at #StevensonMiddle has been lifted after a social media threat, but look how many parents decided to pick up their kids anyway… #abc13. pic.twitter.com/nOgd8XPJCU
— Pooja Lodhia (@PoojaOnTV) February 19, 2018