Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Ramon Cortines ordered that all LAUSD campuses be closed on Tuesday due to a bomb threat, the Los Angeles Times reports.
The threat that was received pertained to LAUSD and is being investigated out of an abundance of caution.
“I made a decision to close all of the schools,” Cortines said Tuesday. “I think it is important that I take the precaution based on what has happened recently and what has happened in the past.”
“I have asked the chief to be working with the city police department and the sheriff,” he said. “Before the day is over, I want every school searched to make sure that it is safe for children and safe for staff to be there on Wednesday.”
According to the Reuters, the bomb threat was emailed in to a school board member via an IP address based in Germany. The superintendent Cortines said at a news conference Tuesday that the threat was made specifically against students in schools, and that it pertained to “many schools.”
L.A. Unified contains over 900 schools and over 600,000 students K-12.
#LAUSD superintendent on decision to close schools: "I could not take the chance." https://t.co/eCaWrTiFbi https://t.co/7dj8NLOXd9
— CNN (@CNN) December 15, 2015
LAUSD: The threat did not specifically identify 1 school but "many schools." pic.twitter.com/esVghSxq1X
— ABC News (@ABC) December 15, 2015
UPDATE: E-mail threat to L.A. schools was sent to a board member from an IP address in Frankfurt, Germany: school district spokesperson
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#BREAKING: LAUSD schools closed after district receives "credible terror threat": officials, police https://t.co/W7AWlWsSGN
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Live Video: LAUSD holds news conference discussing closure of schools amid "credible terror threat" https://t.co/W7AWlWsSGN
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BREAKING: NYC officials say they received same threat that closed LA schools, concluded it was a hoax.
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 15, 2015
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