Plymouth High School students and their parents had to make a hard decision early Monday morning after receiving a School Reach Phone message advising them of a anonymous threat that a student had access to a weapon at school. Other releases from the school said, “The student reported to have access to a weapon, does not exist in our student body.”
Information released through the school’s Marketing Director, Judi Lykowski, said, “School is going on as usual and we are not on a lockdown. However, we understand that parents may choose to keep their child home or ask them to be released.”
Before noon, the school released information that the threat was not intended for PHS. It read:” Through cooperative efforts of our staff and law enforcement, the information we received was determined to be meant for another school sharing our name in a different state.” They went on to say that the school that was indicated in the anonymous threat was already taking action to ensure the safety of their students.
It is unclear how the Plymouth administrators can establish which students were absent due to illness or a pre-arranged absence from those that chose to stay home for safety concerns. Parents were told to report their child’s absence using the regular protocol.
It was noted at the May school board meeting that unexcused absences are reported to the Marshall County Probation Office.
Several students who did opt to attend classes today said they were told to go directly to their classes and not meet in the public areas where they usually assemble until the bell rings. One student said there were only two students in his first period class and only five in his second.
School administrators were not available for comments.
Carol Anders Correspondent
