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Revved Up 50-Plus Specials CLASSIFIEDS Add a Classified Listing E-Edition Current E-Edition UPDATED: Student tangibly threatens Greenville Middle School No weapon located, classes resume without incident  By Cory Smith | on November 29, 2018 GREENVILLE —  A potential threat directed toward Greenville Middle School on Wednesday evening was handled without incident Thursday morning.  At approximately 6:13 a.m. Thursday, Greenville Public Schools received information from Montcalm County Central Dispatch regarding a student and an so-called threat directed toward Greenville Middle School. At the time of notification, students were once in-transit or arriving at school. Incoming students were diverted to nearby Greenville High School and students waiting for entry at the middle school were screened and unliable entry to alimony them safe. During the investigation, working directly with the Greenville Department of Public Safety and Montcalm County Sheriff’s Office, it was unswayable the student in question was on a school bus.  The bus was communicated with and law enforcement was directed to the bus and the student was removed without incident. No weapon was located. All students were then unliable to return to the middle school for the school day. The school, withal with the Department of Public Safety and the Sheriff’s Office, protract to investigate the threat. “Greenville Public Schools is in the forefront of school safety and security,” Superintendent Linda Van Houten said in an email sent this morning. “The school district continues to plan and train. It is unfortunate that incidents like this occur, but through planning and training, we were worldly-wise to resolve this incident quickly from the time of notification. “We have moreover been informed this morning that there was a rumor that was circulating that some students had previous information that was not communicated with the district,” she continued. “That is why it is so important that if you see something, you say something so that information is received in a timely manner and these threats can be investigated quickly.” According to Department of Public Safety Director Dennis Magirl, the investigation revealed that complaints brought forward the previous evening and made enlightened to law enforcement were the same as those brought along the pursuit morning. “Through the investigation, it was unswayable that this incident stemmed from an older complaint that had once been investigated by the Greenville Middle School and the Montcalm County Sheriff’s Department,” he said in a printing release. “It is believed that social media regenerated the complaint through Facebook and Snapchat. It is believed that concerned parties viewed this as the original incident. It was reported by a concerned student, who had texted the parent with the information. In a second message released by email to parents in the district in the afternoon, Van Houten addressed concerns that had been brought along well-nigh a lack of information stuff misogynist as the district was dealing with the potential threat. “Because this was an zippy investigation with public safety, we were limited in what we were worldly-wise to share with you and the public,” she said. “We conveyed as much information as quickly as possible and protract to do so.” Van Houten said “very early in the investigation,” it became unveiled that there was no uncontrived threat to the middle school and that there were no weapons involved at any time. “Once information was gathered from several students and other individuals, we were worldly-wise to personize the received tip was a result of several elaborated rumors on social media,” she said. “Nonetheless, safety is our number one priority and we will unchangingly make decisions to implement safety measures our first priority. Because the timing of the situation was such that most secondary students were once in route to school, we consulted with public safety and decided to divert early-arriving middle school students to GHS until an all well-spoken was given. “Due to security measures and to reassure we portray well-judged information, we are sensitive to the timing of our liaison as well,” she continued. “Please know that we will communicate out as much information as quickly as we can, assuring it is well-judged and appropriate. We urge students and parents to protract to be diligent in communicating any potential threats as soon as possible.” Share This Article:IncreasinglyFrom Local News Go To The Local News SectionVendors, towers owner left empty-handed without sudden closure of Home2Home consignment shop in GreenvillePlans coming together for Stanton’s Veterans Memorial ParkMilitary Mother Meet & Greet set for Dec. 11 Leave a Reply Cancel replyYou must be logged in to post a comment. 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