Maine schools took precautions earlier this week after a threat to ‘shoot up’ a school was circulated on Snapchat. MAINE, USA — It was a message on Snapchat, threatening to shoot up a school, that prompted the Bonny Eagle school district to cancel all classes district-wide. Portland High School also went to remote classes on Thursday even though the threat didn’t mention a specific school. “It wasn’t specific to Bonny Eagle High School but that doesn’t matter. When you get threats you chase them,” MSAD 6 superintendent Paul Penna said. This is the first incident of its kind making headlines this school year, but educators said social media has caused problems in schools for years. “It’s been a real uptick in it this fall with some of the stuff that’s gone one with the TikTok and Snapchat,” Windham High School Assistant Principal Phil Rossetti said. He’s referring to the “devious licks” trend in which students record themselves stealing items from the bathrooms at their schools. Some even ripped out toilets and other bathroom fixtures. He added that he never knows what he’s walking into in the morning because he doesn’t know what may have happened on social media the night…
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