A presumed death threat scribbled on a bathroom door recently, targeting a student at the Estevan Comprehensive School, captured the attention of students and administration as well as the Estevan Police Service.
Contrary to subsequent messages posted on social media pages, the school division’s administration has taken action and continues their investigation into the matter, said Lynn Little, the public school division’s director of education.
The director said the proper protocol procedures were being followed. Law enforcement has been and may continue to be involved, the families involved in the immediate issue have been contacted and counselling services have been
enacted.
“So the matter is not being ignored as has been suggested on some social media posts. Things like this do get looked at, investigated and resolved but in some cases it is done in private with the families and through administration and other services if need be,” said Little, who said that at this juncture, she would not be able to say anything more.
The threat(s) scrawled on the wall named a proposed victim for an April 18 attack and a follow-up message noted that the date had passed and the victim now needed to be egged by students who were told to bring eggs to school to perform that activity.
Students who posted further comments on social media were, they stated, threatened with suspensions if they continued to fuel the issue with even more social media postings.
