An 11-year-old McGrath Elementary School student who was arrested in February after being suspended for allegedly bringing a knife to the school and later making an “unspecified threat” over social media will be going to trial.
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The student, whose name is being withheld because the boy is a juvenile, is scheduled to appear in court on April 1 for a trial setting, said Greg Risling, spokesman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
He is facing seven counts of assault with a deadly weapon and one count of criminal threats, Risling said.
The boy was arrested on Feb. 1 by deputies with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station and remains in custody at the Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall in Sylmar, said Shirley Miller, public information officer for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.
Get live news updates about Santa Clarita by following KHTS on Facebook and KHTS on Twitter“The student (who allegedly made the threat was) not on campus and (was) quite a distance away, about an hour and a half,” said Paul Cordeiro, superintendent of the Newhall School District, at the time of the incident.
The threat caused the elementary school to be placed on lockdown.
“School safety is a top priority for our schools in Santa Clarita. Every school has a safety protocol for incidents, both small and large,” said Miller in a Facebook post. “Even though, as in this case, it is a non-credible threat, we still have certain measures that we take to ensure students’ safety. No matter how small, we have to address each situation in a proactive manner. When you hear that a lockdown is in place at one of our area schools, that is your reassurance that we do have safety protocols in place. Keeping your children safe at school is the top priority.
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