Two local schools canceled Monday due to threats
UPDATE (5:51 PM): Cibola High School and Centennial Middle School will be resuming classes Tuesday.
UPDATE (2:16 PM): The Somerton Police Department (SPD) received a report of a threat to happen at the Somerton Middle School this week.
In a press release, officers responded to the report and "contacted a student and the parents at their home," and after interviewing the family, officers found no guns in the home "and the student did not have access to any guns."
SPD said the report referenced a notebook belonging to the student, which officers read and also found no threats, "or any other information related to school violence" in the notebook.
Once they investigated the situation, SPD says there was no credible threat, but said they will "continue to address from parents and work closely with the Somerton School District to ensure that the safety of students and staff" remains their priority.
UPDATE (11:14 AM): According to the Yuma Union High School District (YUHSD), a shelter-in-place was lifted at 10:42am for Vista High School and Strategies for Success (VHS/SFS).
YUHSD says the Yuma Police Department (YPD) investigated a threat made to the school, but YPD says they deemed the threat "not credible."
YUHSD further says VHS/SFS "will resume their regular class schedule for the remainder of the day."
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - Another school threat leads to two Yuma schools canceling classes on Monday.
If your children attend Cibola High School or Centennial Middle School, please keep them home as both Cibola and Centennial will be closed due to threats that came into the Yuma Police Department (YPD) Sunday afternoon.
The schools say all after school and extracurricular activities are also being postponed, including home and away athletic events.
YPD says both threats came through social media and are under investigation.
Police ask parents to talk to their kids about reporting these types of posts and not to share them.
News 11's Danyelle Burke North will have the latest developments on the story later this evening.
