(Lenox, Iowa) – Lenox Community School District Superintendent Dave Henrichs, Monday (Sept. 29th), posted a letter to district patrons on social media, with regard to an alleged threat made by one student toward at least one other student. Henrichs said the District was informed about the incident at around 7-p.m. on Sept. 27th. “The administration,” Henrichs said, “Immediately notified the district’s School Resource Officer, consulted with the school attorney, and began an investigation of the alleged threat.” The administration also notified the parents of the student involved.

“The immediate investigation,” Superintendent Henrichs said, “produced conflicting evidence regarding the nature and extent of the threat. However, the district took steps to assure that the student who allegedly made the threat was not present on school grounds, which included attendance at the football game, any homecoming activities or in school until the investigation was concluded.” That investigation was completed Sept. 29th, and it was deemed by law enforcement and the school attorney, that “The threat does not pose a risk to student safety,” according to Henrichs.

The letter went on to say that “The Lenox Community School District does not disclose information regarding the discipline of individual students under any circumstances. However, discipline procedures in [the] student handbook are consistent with the District Board of Education policies….”

View the full letter from the Superintendent below.