Maize superintendent: Threat that caused school lockdown linked to Confederate flag (KS)
BY STAN FINGER
The Wichita Eagle
Maize High School was under “modified lock down” for a short time Thursday morning after someone threatened a student via a post on social media, district officials said ...
The principal then notified police, school staff and the superintendent and ordered the modified lockdown. Students were kept in their classrooms and entrances “secured” while the threat was investigated, Higgins said ...
The threat posted on social media was “against specific students at Maize High School,” Buselt said in a previous statement issued by the district shortly after 8:30 a.m.
It targeted a group of students who had expressed their support of the Confederate flag earlier in the school year, Higgins said.
“They tried to make a statement or make a point about their pride” in the flag, he said ...
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