school safety

Students returned to class on Wednesday unsure if they will be disrupted again after thousands of students across more than a dozen Massachusetts schools were impacted by “swatting” calls

An investigation into the fake threatening calls is ongoing, after two days of hoax threats caused schools to close down and tie up law enforcement.

Students returned to class on Wednesday after thousands of students across more than a dozen Massachusetts schools were impacted by “swatting” calls on Monday and Tuesday. But at least three local schools had to deal with a new round of hoax calls on Wednesday. An investigation into the fake threatening calls is ongoing, after two days of hoax threats caused…

Authorities say the threats are causing unnecessary stress and fear, not to mention a waste a law enforcement resources.

City officials are discussing implementing security measures at schools in Boston.

At the Condon School in South Boston, a middle school student was found with a knife, school officials said. In a letter sent home to parents, the school said no students or staff were injured.

Safety concerns were mounting on Friday after several weapons were found inside Boston schools Thursday, including a meat cleaver, two knives and a taser. No one was hurt, but parents were outraged and wondering how the potentially dangerous items ended up in schools to begin with. At the Condon School in South Boston, a middle school student was found with…

School staff in Bangor, Maine, now have a way to lock down their classrooms hanging around their necks. The city is the first in New England, and the Northeast, to implement a lanyard-based emergency alert system, school officials say, one that lets teachers, staff and substitutes send out notifications about things like fights or medical problems and, in a more…

As violence within the Boston Public School System continues, four city councilors are now calling for metal detectors and police officers to be placed inside every district school. The letter was sent to Superintendent Mary Skipper and the Mayor’s Office. “You see time and time again we have young kids coming to school with loaded guns, we have stabbings,...

After several violent incidents at Boston schools, city councilors are calling for increased security measures.