{"id":190214,"date":"2026-03-13T14:23:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T14:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/190214\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T14:23:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T14:23:07","slug":"chesterbrook-academy-in-tradition-closes-after-police-respond-to-morning-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/190214\/","title":{"rendered":"Chesterbrook Academy in Tradition closes after police respond to morning threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12)  \u2014 Local law enforcement rushed to Chesterbrook Academy on Friday morning after the school received a threatening phone call.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CBS12 News <\/a>employee reported seeing multiple<a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/Port%20St.%20Lucie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> police<\/a> officers swarming Chesterbrook Academy in Tradition on Friday morning after the school received a threatening phone call that prompted an immediate emergency response.<\/p>\n<p>School officials said the call contained a threat directed at the campus, triggering their safety protocols. Administrators contacted law enforcement right away, \u201cout of an abundance of caution and in alignment with our commitment that Safety First,\u201d according to their statement.<\/p>\n<p>Police advised the school to close for the remainder of the day while authorities continued assessing the situation. At this time, investigators say there is no indication of a credible threat, but the precautionary shutdown will remain in place as the review continues.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/fatal-crash-shuts-down-northbound-i-95-near-10th-avenue-north\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Woman killed in hit-and-run on I-95, lanes reopen after several hours<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chesterbrook Academy emphasized that the safety and well-being of students and staff remain its highest priority and said families will receive an update later today regarding Monday\u2019s operations.<\/p>\n<p>Thanking parents for their patience, the school said it will continue working closely with law enforcement as the investigation moves forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Local law enforcement rushed to Chesterbrook Academy on Friday morning after the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-190214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}