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04-14-2008, 11:13 AM
4 Local Schools Close Due To Threats At St. Xavier
Malcolm X College Also Closed For Separate Threat
CHICAGO (CBS) ―
Threats of violence on one college campus have left several other Chicago schools closed for the day.
CBS 2's Joanie Lum reports that school officials say closing the schools is a matter of security; they'd rather be safe than sorry.
The schools closed Monday are Mother McAuley High School, Brother Rice High School, Queen of Martyrs Elementary School and Evergreen Park Southwest Elementary.
Officials closed the schools because they are close to St. Xavier University, which closed Friday after threatening messages were found in a dormitory, claiming students will die on April 14th.
BREAKING NEWS: Malcolm X College has also been evacuated and classes have been canceled after a threat was made on Monday. CBS 2 is sending a reporter to the college and will have more on this story this afternoon.
Twice this month, campus employees at St. Xavier found threatening messages in Regina Hall, a freshman dormitory. The second one caused university officials to take extreme precautions because it warned "Be prepared to die on 4/14."
St. Xavier University President Dwyer said, "This is a real enough threat we do not have these types of threats and when it was so specific to name a date, law enforcement said this is different from what we've seen at other college campuses and certainly at St. Xavier."
The president has not decided when to re-open the college. She said students and staff will be notified by e-mail, text messages and telephone.
Principals at the four local schools scrambled to alert parents. Altogether, more than 6,200 students are enrolled at those four schools....http://cbs2chicago.com/local/saint.xavier.threats.2.699041.html
Malcolm X College Also Closed For Separate Threat
CHICAGO (CBS) ―
Threats of violence on one college campus have left several other Chicago schools closed for the day.
CBS 2's Joanie Lum reports that school officials say closing the schools is a matter of security; they'd rather be safe than sorry.
The schools closed Monday are Mother McAuley High School, Brother Rice High School, Queen of Martyrs Elementary School and Evergreen Park Southwest Elementary.
Officials closed the schools because they are close to St. Xavier University, which closed Friday after threatening messages were found in a dormitory, claiming students will die on April 14th.
BREAKING NEWS: Malcolm X College has also been evacuated and classes have been canceled after a threat was made on Monday. CBS 2 is sending a reporter to the college and will have more on this story this afternoon.
Twice this month, campus employees at St. Xavier found threatening messages in Regina Hall, a freshman dormitory. The second one caused university officials to take extreme precautions because it warned "Be prepared to die on 4/14."
St. Xavier University President Dwyer said, "This is a real enough threat we do not have these types of threats and when it was so specific to name a date, law enforcement said this is different from what we've seen at other college campuses and certainly at St. Xavier."
The president has not decided when to re-open the college. She said students and staff will be notified by e-mail, text messages and telephone.
Principals at the four local schools scrambled to alert parents. Altogether, more than 6,200 students are enrolled at those four schools....http://cbs2chicago.com/local/saint.xavier.threats.2.699041.html