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Parent alleges teacher threatened student; district says matter is under investigation
Summary
At the May 18 public comment period, a parent alleged a male teacher told her son 'I will kill you'; the parent said the teacher was later escorted out and placed on administrative leave and that a criminal investigation is active. District officials said the matter is under administrative and criminal advisement and asked the public to allow investigations to proceed.
A parent told the Clarke County School Board during public comment on May 18 that her freshman son was threatened on school grounds by a male teacher who allegedly said, "I will kill you." The parent, Nikki Bluebaugh, said the student reported the threat immediately to school staff, that the teacher was escorted out and placed on administrative leave, and that she understands the Clarke County Sheriff’s Department has an active investigation.
Bluebaugh said her son felt unsafe returning to class and that multiple parents kept children home. "The sheriff's department should have been called immediately. This was a death threat from a teacher to a student on school grounds," she said during her allotted public-comment time.
School leaders who spoke during the meeting did not provide additional operational details about personnel actions but urged that the public allow the administrative and criminal investigations to proceed. A meeting official said the matter was "under administrative advisement right now, plus criminal advisement," and asked commenters not to turn the public forum into a venue for making detailed allegations while investigations are active.
The board later convened a closed session for personnel and legal matters; following reconvening, the board certified the closed session and approved personnel matters "as discussed" (no further public detail was released at the meeting). Board members repeatedly said they take safety seriously and asked the public to use established reporting channels and allow investigators to complete their work.
No additional information about the teacher's identity, the status of any protective orders, or disciplinary outcomes was released at the meeting. The meeting transcript records the parent's allegation and the board's public request to permit administrative and criminal processes to unfold. Any criminal allegations are matters for law enforcement; the school division and sheriff’s office were cited in the meeting as having been notified and involved in the investigation. The board did not announce public next steps beyond the closed-session review and required investigatory processes.
