Denver police are investigating an incident at Edison Elementary School in north Denver in which a student is suspected of making a threat and administrators are accused of not reporting it.
The threat, allegedly made April 21, involved a reference to a gun and occurred just two days after another incident with the boy that was reported.
“Denver Public Schools’ safety and security office was involved after the incident on Tuesday (the 19th),” said DPS spokesman Michael Vaughn.
But no one from the safety office was at Edison two days later, when the same boy allegedly made threats just before school.
The boy has not been in school since the second incident. Vaughn said the district cannot comment on disciplinary actions that may have followed either incident.
A Denver police spokesman, Lt. Matt Murray, confirmed there is an investigation but would not disclose any details because the case involves a juvenile. He did confirm the investigation was initiated Monday, after parents contacted police.
“Our concern is the way the administration handled it,” said William Untiedt, a parent of two children at Edison who found out about the incident Friday from other parents.
“The only thing to do now is investigate,” he said. “I don’t know for sure if the administration knew about the incident on Thursday, but I do know they were aware of it Friday morning. The delay is unconscionable.”
According to a letter sent to parents Wednesday, security officers found no evidence that a weapon was on school grounds.
Yesenia Robles: 303-954-1372 or yrobles@denverpost.com
