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Los Angeles Schools Closed Today Due to 'Credible' Bomb Threat (1 Viewer)

This is the same school district which two years ago attempted to purchase an iPad for every student, paid Apple MORE than the retail price per iPad, and then found that most teachers had no idea how to use them for instruction and that students were taking them home to play games or selling them. The superintendent then demanded Apple refund the district for the purchase and was refused.
:lmao: what the hell?
That's pretty much how it has worked in my kdis school (small private school). They paid a premium to apple for the iPads so they could get monitoring software. Most of the teachers don't know how to integrate them into their classroom. The ones that do use it as a crutch (spanish class now is pretty much just playing with the duolingo app.

The rediculous thing about the monitoring software is what it allows and doesn't allow. They set it as only being able to access E10+ apps, so it blocks useful appls like the Kindle app so the kids can read books on their iPad, but allows Clash of Clans (the middle school kids quickly set up a school clan).

 
All jokes aside, this is unacceptable. We can't be closing down whole school districts based on an email threat. Even if it was real, there has to be a more efficient way of handling this. Otherwise we're completely paralyzed.

 
All jokes aside, this is unacceptable. We can't be closing down whole school districts based on an email threat. Even if it was real, there has to be a more efficient way of handling this. Otherwise we're completely paralyzed.
Easy to say in hindsight but if something happened and it came out that they had information about a threat, they'd be vilified. They had a short period of time to make a decision and erred on the side of caution. Hopefully what comes out of this is that it will be easier and faster to share information. It seems personal for Bratton to be shaming the decision makers publicly. They did what they thought was best in the moment.

 
All jokes aside, this is unacceptable. We can't be closing down whole school districts based on an email threat. Even if it was real, there has to be a more efficient way of handling this. Otherwise we're completely paralyzed.
You're lucky they did not lockdown the whole city and roll out tanks onto the streets like Brussels..

 
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All jokes aside, this is unacceptable. We can't be closing down whole school districts based on an email threat. Even if it was real, there has to be a more efficient way of handling this. Otherwise we're completely paralyzed.
Easy to say in hindsight but if something happened and it came out that they had information about a threat, they'd be vilified. They had a short period of time to make a decision and erred on the side of caution. Hopefully what comes out of this is that it will be easier and faster to share information. It seems personal for Bratton to be shaming the decision makers publicly. They did what they thought was best in the moment.
Yea.

I'm sure social media is blasting the decision and as you said if something DID happen and then 3 days later they say we did have a threat come over....forget about it.

Honestly, I don't know how to handle it but I just am glad I am not the one having to make these decisions and likewise won't sit here and criticize the second it appears there may have been an overreaction.

Learn from the situation and make more informed decision next time and at the end of the day thankfully nothing happened.

 
All jokes aside, this is unacceptable. We can't be closing down whole school districts based on an email threat. Even if it was real, there has to be a more efficient way of handling this. Otherwise we're completely paralyzed.
Easy to say in hindsight but if something happened and it came out that they had information about a threat, they'd be vilified. They had a short period of time to make a decision and erred on the side of caution. Hopefully what comes out of this is that it will be easier and faster to share information. It seems personal for Bratton to be shaming the decision makers publicly. They did what they thought was best in the moment.
But the question to me is, did the LA folks contact the Feds?

If cities across teh country got this email, you would have to think most of them involved Homeland Security or FBI. And if everybody else, including the Feds, says it's not a threat then why did they jump the gun?

And if they did NOT involve the Feds that's a bigger reason to worry. In that case, don't criticize them for erring on side of caution. Criticize them for not involving the experts.

 
To the above making the "wrong call" - a few years ago my county which is typically the first in the state to call of schools for snow, didn't call of school one day when there was a threat of a storm. The snow didn't start that day till like 6 or 6:30AM, but I think they have to make the call by like 4 or 4:30 - and choose to keep schools open. So the ice hit and a school bus wrecked. No deaths or anything, but some kids got banged up bad and lawsuits started flying at the school board (or whoever makes the call) - as other counties did close for the day. That's just some kids getting banged up....not blown up (sorry if that's not the best way to phrase that).

 
I see a few corruption LAUSD posts and Apple is where we are now. Let me at least put some teacher perspective into this. The idea of putting handhelds into kids hands is not a bad idea, they went about the wrong way and blaming teachers for not knowing how to use the equipment...did Apple products become a required 3 credit course that I missed out on?

You want the teachers to know how to use them? Issue every teacher a MacBook Air and an iPad and then send them to a 2 week training with actual pay for the time being ripped off our summer vacations and then we can talk. Don't be so cavalier with other professionals time when they are sorely underpaid.

 
I understand the "better safe than sorry" arguments. But it's a very large district. 650,000 students. To shut the whole thing down because of an email- there has got to be a better way to handle this.

 
Not loving the smug NY people and media.

CA is on high alert.

Sounds like someone overreacted but no need to be smug about it.

Remember after 9/11?

EVACUATE THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING. NOW!!!!

A SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE WAS FOUND NEAR AN ELEVATOR!!!!

Oh, nevermind. It was the daily UPS pick up.

OMG, THAT PLANE IS FLYING CLOSE TO THE CITY. TERRORISTS!!!

Oh nevermind , flight pattern was just redirected.

 
timschochet said:
I understand the "better safe than sorry" arguments. But it's a very large district. 650,000 students. To shut the whole thing down because of an email- there has got to be a better way to handle this.
I agree with this, but if there was an actual bomb that went off and they ignored the email there would be a lot more outrage.

 
timschochet said:
I understand the "better safe than sorry" arguments. But it's a very large district. 650,000 students. To shut the whole thing down because of an email- there has got to be a better way to handle this.
Bruce Willis and Samuel Jackson called, they're on their way.

 
A e-mailed bomb threat..... the schools were very safe. If it were a real bomb there would be no threat or warning.

 
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Not loving the smug NY people and media.

CA is on high alert.

Sounds like someone overreacted but no need to be smug about it.

Remember after 9/11?

EVACUATE THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING. NOW!!!!

A SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE WAS FOUND NEAR AN ELEVATOR!!!!

Oh, nevermind. It was the daily UPS pick up.

OMG, THAT PLANE IS FLYING CLOSE TO THE CITY. TERRORISTS!!!

Oh nevermind , flight pattern was just redirected.
Really? Going there, huh. Mmk.

 
I'm gonna send some emails to some government agencies in LA informing them that they've won a huge cash award and just need to wire me some money to get that processed.

 
LA is on extra high alert because they just had the San Bernardino shootings not long ago. For NY to basically mock them is stupid. My bro is a teacher in that area and he stayed home. I'm glad for one. All it takes is for it not to be a hoax and you'll have blood on your hands, again.

 
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LA is on extra high alert because they just had the San Bernardino shootings not long ago. For NY to basically mock them is stupid. My bro is a teacher in that area and he stayed home. I'm glad for one. All it takes is for it not to be a hoax and you'll have blood on your hands, again.
There are evidence that schools are terrorist targets.The problem is LAPD knows they are still vulnerable to attacks.

 
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Not loving the smug NY people and media.

CA is on high alert.

Sounds like someone overreacted but no need to be smug about it.

Remember after 9/11?

EVACUATE THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING. NOW!!!!

A SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE WAS FOUND NEAR AN ELEVATOR!!!!

Oh, nevermind. It was the daily UPS pick up.

OMG, THAT PLANE IS FLYING CLOSE TO THE CITY. TERRORISTS!!!

Oh nevermind , flight pattern was just redirected.
Really? Going there, huh. Mmk.
Dude has a point, really.

 
LA is on extra high alert because they just had the San Bernardino shootings not long ago. For NY to basically mock them is stupid. My bro is a teacher in that area and he stayed home. I'm glad for one. All it takes is for it not to be a hoax and you'll have blood on your hands, again.
If they are going to shut down the school district for every bomb hoax they might as well just cancel the year. Nothing is ever going to get done.

Hopefully they learned their lesson on this one and will deal with these things rationally in the future.

 
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NYC once again demonstrating superiority over our lesser west coast competition.
Awfully cocky for a city that lost two giant skyscrapers to terrorists.
Glad you can use that as fodder to rub in our faces -- classy -- despite the fact that we rebuilt and once again are hauling this nation on our backs. What great city you living in nowadays?

 
Some pretty epic "HAHA THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS WERE KILLED IN NEW YORK" in this thread. Great stuff, folks.

I think I found the celebrating folks Trump has been talking about.

:thumbup:

 
I have a 1st and 6th grader in LAUSD and we starting getting the texts a little after 7:30 am. A quick decision needed to be made, and as a parent, i'm absolutely okay with erring on the side of caution. As someone already mentioned, this will be a good learning experience on how better to handle the situation.

And honestly, whatever was decided, there would have been criticism. Worse case, of course, was if there was an actual bomb. But even if not, if it came out there was a credible threat and nothing was done, there would still be hell to pay. Also, preventing kids from getting into school is easier than evacuating them. Parents had time to adjust instead of panicking to pick kids up. I called my boss, told him to turn on the news and said I was working from home. No issues.

The sad part about yesterday was the high schooler who was hit by a truck and died after being turned away from school and walking back home. Sure, it could have happened anytime, but it is still terrible.

 
Otis said:
cstu said:
NYC once again demonstrating superiority over our lesser west coast competition.
Awfully cocky for a city that lost two giant skyscrapers to terrorists.
Glad you can use that as fodder to rub in our faces -- classy -- despite the fact that we rebuilt and once again are hauling this nation on our backs. What great city you living in nowadays?
Otis said:
Some pretty epic "HAHA THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS WERE KILLED IN NEW YORK" in this thread. Great stuff, folks.

I think I found the celebrating folks Trump has been talking about.

:thumbup:
What a dummy. You can dish it out but can't take some return fire? Try not being a duush about terrorist threats next time.

 
Here's the email:

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

I am emailing you to inform you of the happenings on Tuesday, 12/15/15. Something big is going down. Something very big. It will make national headlines. Perhaps, even international ones. You see, my last 4 years here at one of the district high schools has been absolute hell. Pure, unmitigated, agony. The bullying, the loneliness, the rejection… it is never-ending. And for what? Just because I’m ‘different’?

No. No more. I am a devout Muslim, and was once against violence, but I have teamed up with a local jihadist cell as it is the only way I’ll be able to accomplish my massacre the correct way. I would not be able to do it alone. Me, and my 32 comrades, will die tomorrow in the name of Allah. Every school in the L.A. Unified district is being targeted. We have bombs hidden in lockers already at several schools. They are strategically placed and are meant to crumble the foundations of the very buildings that monger so much hate and discrimination. They are pressure cooker bombs, hidden in backpacks around the schools. They are loaded with 20 lbs. of gunpowder, for maximum damage. They will be detonated via Cell Phone. Not only are there bombs, but there are nerve gas agents set to go off at a specific time: during lunch hour. To top it off, my brothers in Allah and I have Kalashnikov rifles, Glock 18 Machine pistols, and multiple handheld grenades. The students at every school in the L.A. Unified district will be massacred, mercilessly. And there is nothing you can do to stop it.

If you do end up trying to, by perhaps, beefing up security, or canceling classes for the day, it won’t matter. Your security will not be able to stop us. We are an army of Allah. If you cancel classes, the bombings will take place regardless, and we will bring our guns to the streets and offices of Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Bakersfield, and San Diego.

I wish you the best luck. It is time to pray to allah, as this may be your last day.
 
It's really hard to believe they shut down over 1000 schools for that. It would be interesting to know if there were any voices of reason in the discussions or if it was a result of severe group-think.

 
Sure it's scary to get that I'm sure but wouldn't the fact that you're getting it in the first place set off a huge red flag?

 
It's really hard to believe they shut down over 1000 schools for that. It would be interesting to know if there were any voices of reason in the discussions or if it was a result of severe group-think.
We're probably never going to know; they need to cover their asses. The whole thing is very disturbing; it continues to bother me a great deal. In retrospect I don't blame the superintendent for overreacting, but she WAS overreacting. We need to have a better system in place for this sort of thing. If we're going to have a multimillion dollar Homeland Security department, some expert from there should be able to tell this superintendent, "this isn't a credible threat; don't shut down" or "this is a credible threat; you need to shut down" etc.

Without a system in place we're going to be paralyzed by panic and fear.

 

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