Daily News | Lower Merion district officials and police are investigating threats made on Discord against middle schoolers
Lower Merion School District Acting Superintendent Megan Shafer, speaking at a school board meeting in April, addresses parents upset with the district's handling of an incident involving Bala Cynwyd fifth graders texting about school shootings. The district is now investigating messages shared on the Discord social platform involving threats to Black Rock and Bala Cynwyd Middle School students.
Stout didn’t describe the threats, but called the language “extremely disturbing.” She said 10 people were named in the messages, along with “specific groups.”At a school board meeting Monday night, Acting Superintendent Megan Shafer said the messages referred to “people belonging to a particular racial group, people who had particular disabilities or conditions, and people who had particular sexual preferences.
— with one writing “everyday i think of school shootings and hope the most people die,” followed by another student responding, “I hope the following people will get shot.”who faulted the district
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