December 17 TikTok threat: Schools across Philadelphia region on alert due to threat of violence - 6abc Philadelphia - 0 views
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Earlier this year, TikTok challenges encouraged students to destroy school property. Now there's another one spreading nationwide. It started out as a challenge to ditch school, which morphed into a threat of violence at schools on Friday, December 17
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"Years ago, not being as well versed in handling these situations, I think we would've reacted a little bit differently. But now our number one objective is to keep schools open and keep kids safe,"
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"If you see a change in behavior in a student who is experiencing something profound: it could be deep depression, it could be anxiety, it could be them mentioning or displaying a weapon. It could be they're talking about suicide. Any kind of self-harm discussions. Please don't keep that inside,"