BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Bethlehem Area School District says there is no credible threat after an Instagram post contained language suggesting a potential threat to Liberty High School.<\/p>\n
The high school\u2019s administration was made aware of the post, which was on an anonymous account, Tuesday morning, Superintendent Renato M. Lajara said in a message to the community.<\/p>\n
The school was placed in a lock-in as a precaution while school administration and law enforcement investigated, Lajara said.<\/p>\n
After investigating, law enforcement said there is no credible threat to Liberty High School.<\/p>\n
Lajara said the school transitioned to a lock-out for the remainder of the school day while authorities continue to investigate the source and circumstances surrounding the social media post.<\/p>\n
In a news release, the Bethlehem Police Department said the lockout is a precautionary measure intended to limit access to the school.<\/p>\n
There is no known or active threat to students, staff members, or the Liberty High School community, city police said.<\/p>\n
Normal school activities are continuing, and students will be dismissed at the regularly scheduled time, the district said.<\/p>\n
The high school will have an increased administrative and law enforcement presence at dismissal.<\/p>\n
\u201cBASD takes all reports of potential threats seriously and works closely with law enforcement to ensure the safety of students and staff,\u201d Lajara said.<\/p>\n
City police said they\u2019ll provide additional information when appropriate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Bethlehem Area School District says there is no credible threat after an Instagram post…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,1412,155,154,1256,5114,9947,122495,122496,122497],"class_list":["post-296276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-area-school-district","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-bethlehem-police-department","tag-instagram","tag-liberty-high-school","tag-lock-in","tag-lock-out","tag-superintendent-renato-m-lajara"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}