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Parents, grandparents raise safety concerns after repeated threats at Jefferson Elementary
Summary
At the Sept. 2 Morton School Board meeting, multiple parents and a grandparent told the board that a Jefferson Elementary student made repeated threats of gun violence and other assaults; commenters said school staff did not notify families or the school resource officer until the third reported threat.
Three family members told the Morton Community Unit School District 709 Board of Education on Sept. 2 that they are worried about the district’s handling of repeated threats and violent behavior at Jefferson Elementary School. They said the district did not notify families promptly and did not involve the school resource officer until after several incidents.
Mary Thacker, a Jefferson grandparent, told the board that “a student has made multiple gun threats at this school.” She said the first two threats were directed at individual children and that "the parents of these two students notified the school principal and were assured everything was taken care of." Thacker said the…
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