Text-to-Protect tip line alerts officials to threat against James Clemens
MADISON – School and law enforcement officials in Madison have been urging parents and students to remember the Madison Police Department’s Text-to-Protect tip line when returning to school. Those reminders paid off today.
According to Madison City Schools spokesman John Peck, the tip line was used to notify law enforcement of a threat to James Clemens High School.
“Immediately before dismissal today we were made aware of a post that was made on social media that has caused a safety concern at James Clemens High School. We take all posts of this nature very seriously.”
According to officials, the threatening post stated, ‘Don’t come to school tomorrow.’
“The student who made this post has been identified, parents have been notified and are cooperative, and that student will not be on campus tomorrow,”James Clemens principal Brian Clayton told newspartner WAFF. “As a precautionary measure we have also put in place several safeguards which will include an additional law enforcement presence on our campus tomorrow. We will keep our school community posted of any further developments.”
School officials say they are working closely with the MCS safety director and the Madison Police on the investigation into the threat.
