February 15, 2018
Dear Nutley Parents, Staff and Community,
Tonight, the district administration became aware of a security threat. The police are actively investigating. As it gets later in the evening, we have decided to err on the side of safety and close schools tomorrow, February 16, 2018.
We will use one of our two remaining emergency days and close the Nutley Public School district, for all students, staff and personnel. All evening events at our schools for Friday, February 16 will be canceled, as well.
Schools will reopen, after winter break, on Monday, February 26 for students and teachers and the district offices will reopen on Tuesday, February 20.
As both the Superintendent of the Nutley Public Schools and as a parent, and because of the nature of the world in which we live, there was no other decision to be made. Please rest assured that the safety and security of all our students and staff in the Nutley Public Schools remains our first priority.
Sincerely,
Dr. Julie Glazer
Call the FBI. Their so good at finding these.
Let’s hope and pray there are no evils out there who are set on doing harm to our kids. You can close a school for a day, can ban gun sales, keep the doors locked etc. but evil will find a way to cause harm. In my opinion the best thing is deploying security guards in numbers especially for large buildings such as RHS. Schools should take this matter in their hands. 1 security guard at RHS (as advertised by Fishbein’s email yesterday) is below minimal for that huge building with that number of students.