REMINDER TO ALL PARENTS/GUARDIANS:
There will be NO SCHOOL for students on Friday, September 27, 2024. This is a scheduled professional development day for staff. Thank you.
Page County Public Schools is celebrating our Homegrown Educators!
Dear PCPS Faculty, Staff and Families,
Late this afternoon, information was provided to PCPS from local law enforcement regarding a social media post showing a weapon and a threat listing the abbreviations for several locations. Two of those abbreviations were written as “Lhs” and “Lms”.
This post is in reference to school divisions in Maryland and does not have anything to do with Page County Public Schools, Luray High or Luray Middle schools.
We are sharing this information with you to let you know that we are aware of this post as is law enforcement and to assure you that this threat is not directed to PCPS, LHS, or LMS.
Thank you once again to our law enforcement partners for their responsiveness and continued support.
Parents and Guardians, please continue to have conversations with your children about making threats of any kind and the importance of reporting information to the school or law enforcement.
Thank you
Please take a moment to read this joint letter from the division Superintendent in conjunction with the Page County Sheriff's Office and the Commonwealth Attorney: https://5il.co/2x167
Thank you!
Attention parents/guardians of children with disabilities, who reside in Page County:
Good afternoon Shenandoah Elementary Faculty, Staff and Families,
This afternoon a Shenandoah Elementary student made a threat toward another student to harm them. Threats of this nature are taken very seriously, law enforcement is involved and the student will be held accountable in accordance with the PCPS Student Handbook and Code of Conduct.
Please speak with your child about continuing to help us provide a safe and secure learning environment for everyone by not making threats of any kind. If you or your child become aware of any potential threats please immediately notify a school staff member, a school resource officer, or contact law enforcement.
We are committed to providing a safe learning environment for all students and staff.
Thank you for your continued support of Shenandoah Elementary School and PCPS.
Route 211 may remain closed for up to two hours. Alternate routes are recommended at this time. Families of Governor's School students are being contacted directly by the LHS or PCHS.
The community issue involving law enforcement on Route 211 near New Market Mountain has been resolved. Luray High School is moving back to normal operations.
There is a community issue involving law enforcement on Route 211 (near the New Market mountain). While the situation is contained to that area, Luray High School is in lock-in out of an abundance of caution. A lock-in means that students will be changing classes as normal, all students will be kept inside and early dismissals or transfers of students for the Tech Center will go as planned and are being monitored by the SRO and school administration.
Students returning from the Governor’s School are currently being held on Route 211 by law enforcement as all traffic in the area has been halted.
There is no direct threat to LHS students or staff or to any PCPS school - this is a precaution given the location of the police matter.
Thank you.
Dear PCPS Faculty, Staff and Families,
The Department of Criminal Justice Services has shared with school divisions a notice of a school shooting threat that is circulating nationally on social media through Snapchat, Instagram and TikTok. This threat is not specific to any person or school in Page County and it is believed that this is a mass distribution of a spam Snapchat image. However, we are still taking this seriously and will continue to monitor it throughout the day. At this time, there are no specific threats to our schools, staff or students.
We are in communication with local law enforcement. There will be an increased police presence at school throughout the day and at dismissal. This social media information is being monitored by multiple agencies and updates will be provided if needed.
As we have been sharing all week, please notify us or law enforcement if you hear or read anything of concern.
Thank you for your continued support and ongoing vigilance as we all work to ensure the safety of all students and staff.
Dr. Fox
Superintendent
This is a reminder that this evening, Thursday, September 12, 2024, is the regularly scheduled school board meeting. The meeting will be held at the Central Office Board Room at 6:30 p.m. and may be viewed LIVE on our YouTube Channel. Comments are due by 4p.m.
Agenda: https://pagecounty.schoology.com/
Comments: https://forms.gle/6x7hc2ycJ8SHrhgDA
View LIVE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX9S1vsNlco
Please take a moment to read this important letter from the Division Superintendent regarding threats being made across the division, region and state: https://5il.co/2wfg1
Thank you!
STOPIT APP - This is just a reminder to all PCPS staff, students and families that the StopIt App can be used to report information such as threats to harm others, threats of self-harm, inappropriate behavior, actions or posts.
Please read more about the App: https://5il.co/2umrp
Student Chromebooks have a link on the desktop taking them directly to the StopIt App.
Additionally, the StopIt App has a 24/7 Crisis Hotline for anyone who may need assistance or support.
If in doubt about a situation, you can always call 911 to request assistance.
Thank you for helping us keep everyone safe!
Important Bus Route Information--
Notice to Parents in the Shenandoah Area--
BUS 28 will be running approximately 10-15 minutes late
this morning.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Good morning.
The internet and phones across the division are now back in service. Thank you for your patience and cooperation yesterday during the outage.
PCPS
Page County Public Schools will be CLOSED on Monday, September 2, 2024, in observance of Labor Day. Please enjoy the long holiday weekend. School will resume on Tuesday, September 3, 2024.
Thank you.
PCPS
Unfortunately, due to the impending thunderstorms forecasted for this evening, the JV football game with Luray vs. East Rock has been POSTPONED. No new date has been set at this time.
Thank you.
Parent/Guardian Awareness Topic - Cell Phones & Social Media Tips for Parents and Guardians--
Please take a moment to read this information about how we can communicate with each other and our partnership. Thank you for taking the time to partner with us: https://5il.co/2umrr
