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| Los Angeles school closure: search under way for unspecified threat – live | |
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| 4.25pm GMT16:25 | |
| Los Angeles public transport will be free for LAUSD students, thanks to mayor Eric Garcetti, who’s trying to ease chaotic and clogged traffic around the sprawling city. | |
| I have arranged with @metrolosangeles for LAUSD students to ride Metro buses and trains free today given school closures. | |
| 4.19pm GMT16:19 | |
| The school district has scheduled an update at 9am Pacific (12pm Eastern, 5pm GMT), and a hotline for parents – although there are reports that the line is already overwhelmed with calls. | |
| The massive district, the second-largest in the US, encompasses 900 schools and more than 700,000 students. Its neighboring districts are still open, and police say they know of no threats beyond the message about the LAUSD. | |
| Updated at 4.22pm GMT | |
| 4.10pm GMT16:10 | |
| Los Angeles school police are trying to reunite parents with children, and told guardians they can text ‘laspd’ to 888777 to sign up for updates. | |
| The police are also requiring guardians bring ID when they go to reunion gates at schools. | |
| Students that have arrived at school will be with staff until parents or guardians can be contacted. | |
| The Los Angeles Daily News’ Dakoa Smith tweets that parents are arriving en masse at a school near Silver Lake. | |
| Logan Elementary principal Mojgan Moazzez telling parents about closure. Cars have been pulling up all morning. pic.twitter.com/LkaWvDEmt3 | |
| Updated at 4.27pm GMT | |
| 3.52pm GMT15:52 | 3.52pm GMT15:52 |
| A threat to the students of the Los Angeles Unified School District has convinced officials on Tuesday to close 900 schools until police can search every campus. | A threat to the students of the Los Angeles Unified School District has convinced officials on Tuesday to close 900 schools until police can search every campus. |
| Superintendent Ramon Cortines said the “broad” threat was not made to any one campus but to students and schools generally, and that he ordered the closure out of an “abundance of caution”. | Superintendent Ramon Cortines said the “broad” threat was not made to any one campus but to students and schools generally, and that he ordered the closure out of an “abundance of caution”. |
| LA school police chief Steve Zipperman said the threat was made electronically, and that police and the FBI were still working to determine its credibility. He said police knew of no threat to any other schools other than that made to the LAUSD. | LA school police chief Steve Zipperman said the threat was made electronically, and that police and the FBI were still working to determine its credibility. He said police knew of no threat to any other schools other than that made to the LAUSD. |
| The unprecedented closure affects more than 640,000 students across 900 schools, and Cortines pleaded for patience and flexibility from parents and the employers of parents. He asked for them to keep children away from school, and said that children who had set off for school already could meet with their parents at the reunion gate of every school. | The unprecedented closure affects more than 640,000 students across 900 schools, and Cortines pleaded for patience and flexibility from parents and the employers of parents. He asked for them to keep children away from school, and said that children who had set off for school already could meet with their parents at the reunion gate of every school. |
| “We get threats all the time,” he said, but considered the message a “rare threat” considering the recent terrorist attack in San Bernardino. “I as superintendent am not going to take the chance with the life of a student.” | “We get threats all the time,” he said, but considered the message a “rare threat” considering the recent terrorist attack in San Bernardino. “I as superintendent am not going to take the chance with the life of a student.” |
| “We do evacuate to schools, we do lock down schools, etc,” he added. “So what we are doing today is not different than what we always do except we are doing this in a mass way.” | “We do evacuate to schools, we do lock down schools, etc,” he added. “So what we are doing today is not different than what we always do except we are doing this in a mass way.” |
| Cortines said he would provide an update on the investigation later Tuesday, and expressed hope that schools could reopen Wednesday. | Cortines said he would provide an update on the investigation later Tuesday, and expressed hope that schools could reopen Wednesday. |
| Updated at 3.54pm GMT | Updated at 3.54pm GMT |