Contributed commentary for parents from the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System:
Threats of school violence continue to be a national problem. This week, law enforcement notified us of a nonspecific threat of school violence that appeared in the comments of a social media post about football programs in Tennessee. In the post, a student mentioned attending a Rossview school, and another individual replied with a threatening comment. This was reported to law enforcement. Their investigation traced the source to a juvenile in Memphis, Tennessee, who has been located and will be charged. At no point was there an imminent danger to the Rossview campus or any of our schools. Even so, we want to take this opportunity to remind families of the seriousness of threats.
In Tennessee, threats of mass violence are a felony offense. Within CMCSS, they are treated as zero-tolerance violations with a mandatory calendar-year expulsion. In addition, individuals can be charged for failing to report such threats…