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Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Time To Crush The RUMOR About WiHi Today

Very early this morning I had received a message telling me kids were spreading the word that someone on social media stated a student was going to come into WiHi with a gun and start shooting up the place. 

I immediately contacted the Sheriff's Office in which I was assured that they were aware of the RUMOR and they were proactive in sending in multiple Deputies just to comfort parents and students. NOTHING ever happened.

I've been fielding phone calls from parents all morning and while I strongly felt I needed to stay away from publishing anything about this as I did NOT want to scare parents and students about something that just wasn't true.

Because I continue to receive phone calls and since we're getting close to the end of the day for students I just wanted to assure everyone it was just a rumor. I'll add, parents who contacted WiHi about this were told they could come in and pick up their child/children. 

Social Media has become one of the top problems for schools across the nation. The cool part is this though. The Wicomico County Sheriff's Office was well aware of this very early this morning and were prepared for any questionable situations. Give credit where credit is due. 

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Track em and lock em up.

Anonymous said...

Thank you Joe and Thank you to the Wicomico County Sheriff's Office. It is very hard in this day and age to ascertain if something is a hoax or just talk.

Anonymous said...

Social Media isn’t the problem. Socializing a child takes time and effort.
What we allow children to experience, learn and say is a direct reflection on our effort.

Jim said...

"Social Media has become one of the top problems for schools across the nation."

Like it or not, this is absolutely true, and only getting worse.

Anonymous said...

Most of the parents are bigger drama queens than the kids. This is why it's so easy to manipulate our population. It's what the Democrats count on.

Anonymous said...

Social media is a problem for the entire world. Without it, we'd much safer, more relaxed and alot better off economically.
So why am I wasting my time on here? Time to get out the old baseball cards from the 50's and 60's when life was fun and innocent.

Anonymous said...

Sick of the hoodlum thuggery running the schools. Obama is no longer president and you have a different Dept of Ed Director, WCBOE, quit acting like a bunch of pussies and start acting like authority in these schools. Put an end to it. Start expelling kids and make the place safe for our kids again. Really sick of reading this kind of crap and watching the WCBOE putting kids and teachers in danger for some political BS agenda. Grow UP!