LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – Lubbock ISD responded to a threat made against one of its middle school campuses Thursday.<\/p>\n
While the threat was deemed false, Brian Ellyson Director of student and parent resolution for the district said they take every report seriously.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know that\u2019s our job, is to make sure our kids are educated and our kids are safe,\u201d Ellyson said.<\/p>\n
The recent threat made against Atkins Middle School came during a conversation between one of its students and another from Monterey. Although the Lubbock ISD Police Department did not find evidence the threat was credible, Chief Eric Tijerina says the department is always on standby for any threat.<\/p>\n
District response protocol<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will respond immediately, once we\u2019re on campus, we will coordinate with administration there, we will assess if there\u2019s any immediate risk to the students at that time, and then we will start investigating the threat,\u201d Tijerina said.<\/p>\n
Ellyson said once a threat is known, there\u2019s a line of communication between the district, its officers and parents.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have to work with our law enforcement side and we have to work with our communications department,\u201d Ellyson said. \u201cOnce our administrators have all of the details and as much of the facts as they possibly can, then they\u2019re notifying the parents that are directly involved as soon as they possibly can.\u201d<\/p>\n
Threat assessment process<\/p>\n
Ellyson said part of the threat investigation involves a threat assessment to ensure the safety of students and staff.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s gonna help us gauge whether it\u2019s a low level, moderate or high level threat, and that involves the family members,\u201d Ellyson said. \u201cSo making sure the parents are aware, that a, the threat was made and b, that we\u2019re following that assessment, and that\u2019s a state standard, state requires that every threat, a threat assessment is conducted.\u201d<\/p>\n
Zero tolerance policy<\/p>\n
The district has a zero-tolerance policy for threats made against any school. Tijerina said charges can and will be pressed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a couple of charges we use a lot on threats: one of them is terroristic threat, it\u2019s from the Texas penal code,\u201d Tejerina said. \u201cThe other one is from the Texas educational code and that is threat to exhibit, if that threat involves some form of firearm or some sort of threat to bring a firearm to school.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tijerina asks parents to keep their contact information updated on a yearly basis to ensure they always have access to updates the district publishes.<\/p>\n
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