Public Safety

Carlsbad Schools To Reopen Wednesday After Instagram Threat

By Alison St John / Reporter

Published January 6, 2015 at 2:41 PM PST

This story was published more than 9 years ago.

A Carlsbad High School marquee sign is shown in this undated photo.

Carlsbad High School and the Carlsbad Village Academy will reopen for classes Wednesday after 2,600 students were sent home on Monday following an anonymous threat on social media.

Assistant Superintendent Rick Grove said a student saw the threat on Instagram and reported it to parents, who alerted the school. Students were released from school around 11 a.m. Monday and were instructed not to return Tuesday. Carlsbad Village Academy is a continuation school on the grounds of Carlsbad High School.

An investigation has yet to discover the source of the threat, but Grove said the school is reopening Wednesday morning.

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“It was clear from the message that the threat was isolated to a specific school at a specific time,“ Grove said. “While the ongoing investigation into the identity of the person who posted the message is not concluded, we feel confident in our ability to provide a safe learning environment for students tomorrow."

Grove said Carlsbad police are asking for any information from students and parents that could assist the investigation.

“While law enforcement has indicated their belief that no credible threat exists, there will be a significant police presence both on, and around the CHS/CVA campuses tomorrow and for the remainder of the week. In conjunction with the Carlsbad Police Department, we are confident in our ability to ensure the safety of students and staff and will continue to be vigilant in these efforts," Grove said.

Carlsbad School District was rocked in 2010 when a shooter at Kelly Elementary wounded two girls.

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Alison St John currently serves as a general assignment reporter and occasionally co-hosts KPBS Midday Edition. She fell in love with KPBS Radio when she arrived in San Diego in 1985 and first heard NPR. She has been a voice on KPBS Radio since 1989, and has served as a news reporter for radio, TV and the web, as well as anchoring, hosting, producing and editing. Alison has reported on stories about North County and was based in the KPBS' North County Bureau. Alison covered the metro beat during the critical period of the San Diego City pension crisis, and the education beat while Alan Bersin was the controversial Superintendent of San Diego City School District. She covered health when the industry was converting to managed care and told welfare reform stories in the late 1990s when Clinton was “ending welfare as we know it.” She has covered land use issues extensively, looking at the challenges of meeting a growing population while preserving community character, and developing a better transportation system to meet environmental concerns. She has done many stories on the military in San Diego, and the series she edited on the challenges veterans face returning from active duty to civilian life won “Best of Show” from the San Diego Society of Professional Journalists. She occasionally hosts the KPBS Roundtable and KPBS Midday Edition. Alison has won awards from the San Diego Press Club, the Society of Professional Journalists, the Associated Press TV and Radio Association, and the California Golden Mike Awards. Alison was born in Tanzania, brought up in Scotland, and earned her degree in psychology and sociology from Durham University in England. Her postgraduate diploma is in student counseling. She worked in England, Nigeria, Switzerland, Belgium, India, and Japan before moving to the United States in 1981. She now lives in Oceanside and enjoys how her community is growing and changing.