Officials investigate “generic” social media threat to Shelley School District

SHELLEY — A societal media station that reportedly threatened aggregate schools successful Shelley is being investigated Tuesday, but officials opportunity location is nary existent threat.

According to an email sent to parents from Shelley Joint School District Superintendent Doug McLaren, nan schoolhouse is alert of a “generic threat” circulating connected societal media, targeting schools successful Shelley and crossed nan state.

McLaren tells EastIdahoNews.com that nary of nan schools were put into lockdown aliases hallway cheque connected Tuesday, arsenic location was nary grounds that students were unsafe.

“We are actively investigating nan situation, and astatine this time, location is nary grounds of an contiguous threat to our students,” says nan email. “We will proceed to show nan business closely, reappraisal each disposable information, and promptly pass immoderate updates aliases changes that whitethorn arise.”

The investigation is ongoing, and nan societal media post’s contented is unclear.