Pennsylvania schoolboy's name appears on another student's 'kill list', parent keeps son safe at home
BALA CYNWYD, PENNSYLVANIA: School officials in Pennsylvania informed the parent of a middle school student, who had been placed on another student's "kill list" that their son might be in danger. The boy's parents kept him at home. On the same day, thousands of miles away, a mass shooting occurred at a Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, killing three children and three adults.
On March 27, officials from the Lower Merion School called the parents, who preferred to remain anonymous, to inform them that their son had been threatened at Bala Cynwyd Middle School, according to FOX 29 Philadelphia. Thereafter, the school shed light on the "kill list" of the other student.
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List of students they 'hoped' are shot
The parent claimed that after learning of a text conversation between numerous pupils, the school authorities decided to compile a list of persons, who were likely to be shot. The institution is situated in Pennsylvania's Bala Cynwyd. The parent told FOX 29, "Other students suggested that a list be made of students within the building who they hoped are shot." According to the investigation, the students in the text group were as young as 10 years old.
'I hope the following people get shot'
One remark in the conversation thread stated, "Every day I think of school shooting and hope the most people die." According to reports one student replied with a list of classmates said, "I hope the following people get shot." According to Superintendent Megan Shafer's statement on the Lower Merion School District website, the Lower Merion Police Department ultimately determined that there was "no credible threat" to the community or children.
Authorities allegedly got in touch with the children who exchanged the texts, the school district claimed in the report. They had to deal with the repercussions and sought assistance. According to FOX, the settlement did little to appease the parents of the student whose name was on the list.
'We elected to not send our child back to school'
The parent, whose son was supposedly in danger, said, "To me, the idea that a text message chain which references school shootings and makes a kill list is deemed to be quote 'no credible threat' is absurd. We elected to not send our child back to school into that environment which would have served to put him back in a building with students that put him on a kill list."
The son has gotten help, the father claims, but feels "let down" by the educational system. The parent added, "He feels let down by a school district that is allowing students who threatened to murder him back into the building not seeming to care about the effect that will have on his emotional well-being."
