Tik-Tok and threats of school violence

FRSD Community,

The Fern Ridge School District has become aware today of troubling posts that have been shared widely around the country on the social media platform, TikTok.  The posts refer to a threat to school safety for “every school in the United States” on Friday, December 17th.  There has been NO threat to our local schools.

The post appears to be part of a national TikTok trend that did not originate in our school district, or even in Oregon.  KVAL ran a short story on this topic today, that you can view here: https://kval.com/news/nation-world/schools-across-us-respond-to-vague-shooting-threat-circulating-on-tiktok.

All FRSD staff have been informed of this situation. In addition, I have been in contact with local law enforcement and there may be an increased presence around our schools tomorrow.