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UNDER ARREST: Police cuffed an 11-year-old for making a social media post threatening a shooting at
Bay Academy in Sheepshead Bay. Photo by Steve Solomonson
Delay not okay
City too slow to notify Bay Academy
parents of shooting threat, pol says
BY AIDAN GRAHAM
A Sheepshead Bay pol blasted city education
offi cials for failing to immediately notify
parents after someone threatened to open
fi re inside an Emmons Avenue school last
week.
FLIP
Cops on March 7 cuffed an 11-year-old girl
for threatening to shoot up the hallways of
Bay Academy in an Instagram post shared
the day before, police said.
“Can’t wait for tomorrow shooting.
Bay Academy kids watch out,” read
the March 6 post shared from handle
@joshk817, whose account has since been removed
from the social platform.
Department of Education offi cials chose
not to close the middle school between E. 14th
and 15th streets on the day of the alleged threat
after reporting it to authorities, who deemed it
unfounded following an investigation, according
to an agency rep.
“Safety always comes fi rst, and this unfounded
threat was immediately reported to
the NYPD and thoroughly investigated,” said
Miranda Barbot.
But Education Department leaders failed to
notify Bay Academy parents of the threat until
the morning that the alleged shooting was set
to take place — after students already showed
up for class, according to Councilman Chaim
Deutsch (D–Sheepshead Bay).
“It’s totally unacceptable how the process
went down,” he said. “It took about eight
hours, and they only sent out the notice at 9
am, after schools start at 7:45 am. It’s common
sense that you should send it out before
school starts the next day.”
The delay sparked confusion among
many moms and dads awaiting an offi cial response
after their kids saw the menacing post,
claimed the pol, who said many of those parents
proactively pulled their children from
class while Education Department offi cials got
around to addressing the incident.
“I would not feel comfortable having my
kids go into school without hearing from
DOE,” Deutsch said.
The councilman alerted offi cers with the
Police Department’s Counterterrorism Division
and other offi cials after a constituent
told him about the post at 11:30 pm the day
it appeared, he said, to ensure the middle
school and its students were secure before
the fi rst bell rang on the day of the alleged
threat.
“We made sure there was a strong police
presence,” he said.
And Bay Academy’s principal ultimately
excused the absences of kids who stayed
home before offi cials’ formally addressed
the threat.
“Some families choose to keep their children
out of school in light of the reported
threat. We will be deeming such absences
excused for such children,” Maria Timo said
in a statement sent to parents after school
began on March 7.
Following the incident, Deutsch promised
to push for legislation that would establish
standard protocols for city educators to
follow when responding to future threats,
because he claimed no such set guidelines
currently exist.
“I put in a bill to have a protocol,” he said.
“DOE needs to show ownership, leadership
and responsibility.”
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