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Superintendent says online threats investigated; Troy Police found none credible
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Antonio Abitabile told the Lansingburgh Central School District Board that four recent online threats were reported and investigated with the Troy Police Department; none were determined credible and the district will notify parents as information develops.
Dr. Antonio Abitabile, superintendent of the Lansingburgh Central School District, told the Board that the district treats "every potential threat of violence in our schools very seriously. We always inform the Troy Police Department and thoroughly investigate each instance with them to determine credibility."
A parent at the meeting, Mrs. Linda O’Malley, asked why the district delayed follow-up on threats that circulated online the prior week. Dr. Abitabile said investigators rely on information from the Troy Police Department and that sharing vague rumors online "only causes understandable anxiety and often panic with our students and their families." He added that investigating credibility is harder when posts circulate widely instead of being reported directly to school officials or police.
The superintendent reported that the district had received four non‑descriptive online threats since the previous Friday and that, as of the meeting, the Troy Police Department had not determined any of the threats to be credible. The district policy is to inform police on each report and to report back to parents as information is received, Dr. Abitabile said.
Board members did not take further public action at the meeting; no motion or vote was recorded on changes to threat-response protocols. The Board’s next steps, as stated in the meeting, are to continue coordination with law enforcement and to provide updates to families when additional information is available.
