Parents of students in the Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified School District were alarmed yesterday evening after school administrators issued somewhat vague messages via phone, text and email describing “a threat made to do harm to a school.”

Superintendent Jon Ray tells the Outpost that no explicit threat was made, “but a high school student [in the district] posted something on social media about how depression makes them feel.” The student “did use language in there about guns and schools, but it wasn’t a direct threat,” Ray said.

When administrators were made aware of the social media post they contacted law enforcement, who visited the family last night and “made an assessment,” Ray said. 

No schools were closed, though several parents indicated on Facebook that they would keep their kids at home today as a precaution.

Ray said administrators weren’t sure at first whether the post was a direct threat or just an expression of feelings, so they took it very seriously. “But after gathering data and getting the facts, things calmed down.”

Below is a message posted to Facebook Tuesday evening by Hoopa Valley Elementary School Principal Paula Wyant.