Los Angeles
Schools Close
After Bomb
Threat, Police
Say
All Los Angeles public schools were closed on
Tuesday, December 15, due to a bomb threat,
the Los Angeles Police Department told The New
York Times and other media outlets.
The threat, according to the Times , was called in
to a member of the school board. Police officials
told ABC News on Tuesday morning that the
decision to close campuses was made solely by
the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified
School District, Ramon Cortines.
Faculty members and students have been
advised to keep their distance from the schools
and surrounding vicinities.
A school bus is escorted by law enforcement
after the shootings in San Bernardino, California
on December 7, 2015 Credit: Sean M. Haffey/
Getty Images
— LAUSD (@LASchools) December 15, 2015
— LAUSD (@LASchools) December 15, 2015
— LAUSD (@LASchools) December 15, 2015
— LAUSD (@LASchools) December 15, 2015
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All Los Angeles public schools were closed on
Tuesday, December 15, due to a bomb threat,
the Los Angeles Police Department told The New
York Times and other media outlets.
The threat, according to the Times , was called in
to a member of the school board. Police officials
told ABC News on Tuesday morning that the
decision to close campuses was made solely by
the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified
School District, Ramon Cortines.
Faculty members and students have been
advised to keep their distance from the schools
and surrounding vicinities.
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“A threat had been made to not one school but
many schools in this district,” Cortines said on
Tuesday. “Some of the details talked about
backpacks and other packages. After talking with
him, also with the board president, I made a
decision to close all of the schools.”
LAUSD school bus drivers — some en route to
pick up kids at various bus stops — told local
ABC affiliate KABC Los Angeles that they were
called back by dispatchers. All of the buses were
returned to their respective depots.
The LAUSD is the second largest school district
in America, counting 900-plus schools and 187
charter schools. It has more than 640,000
students from kindergarten through the 12th
grade. According to a press conference, the
threat was "rare" enough for the school district
to take action.
Burbank schools remain open, as well as private
schools in LAUSD. The LAUSD official Twitter
account tweeted instructions for parents to pick
up their kids.
Superintendent: every school being searched by
appropriate personnel.
LAUSD schools are closed today due to credible
threat. Updates will be provided via https://t.co/
AZDfmuaMmu & 213-241-2064.
Students that have arrived at school will be with
staff until parents or guardians can be
contacted.
Parents/Guardians please bring proper ID when
picking up your child at school. They will be
required.
The threat was made a day after the third
anniversary of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook
Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut,
where 20 children and six adults were killed back
in 2012.
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