Schools

Teacher Threatened at Birch Lane

No threat against school or students.

A teacher at Birch Lane Elementary School alerted authorities  after  seeing  a threatening message over the internet Thursday morning, a spokeswoman for the school district said.

The teacher discovered the message on a Facebook page, but  it did not contain a specific threat against the school building or any  student, according to the spokeswoman, Deirdre Gilligan.

The building was not locked down and classes proceeded normally.

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The teacher called  cops on her own, and Nassau County police are investigating, Gilligan said. 

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