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Parents and veterans press school board for better threat notifications after Crenshaw incidents
Summary
Parents and a veteran described two threat incidents at Crenshaw Elementary and criticized delayed notifications and visible police posture, urging faster alerts, cross-school warnings and accountability even when threats are deemed not credible.
Parents and community members used public comment at the Oct. 14 Chesterfield County School Board meeting to press the division for faster, clearer notification and stronger on-site posture after what they described as two threat incidents at Crenshaw Elementary.
Chris Fugate, a Chesterfield resident and combat veteran, told the board he saw what he described as an insufficient police response during a morning threat at Crenshaw and said official notification to parents' was delayed by more than 90 minutes on one occasion. "Parents deserve better than to be left in the dark while…
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