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Grand Rapids schools outline threat-response steps after social-media scares
Summary
At the Sept. 23 board meeting in Bigfork, Superintendent Gross described how the district investigates threats, works with the Grand Rapids Police Department and an SRO, and balances student-privacy rules with parents' desire for information; the district is developing clearer communications for families.
At the Grand Rapids Public School District board meeting on Sept. 23 in Bigfork, Superintendent Gross responded to public questions about recent threats at the middle and high schools and detailed the district's procedures for evaluating and responding to such incidents. "Schools statistically are one of the safest place for kids to be," Gross said, then outlined steps the district takes when it learns of a threat: secure the building, involve law enforcement and conduct a fact-finding investigation.
Gross told the board that responses range from removing an…
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