Juvenile facing charges after threat made against Chartiers Valley School District, police say

ALLEGHENY COUNTY, Pa. — Collier Township police are filing charges against the juvenile involved in an incident that caused the Chartiers Valley School District to have all remote learning.

Parents had waited most of the day to see if classes would be back in person Tuesday before getting alerted Monday around 7 p.m. that students would be back in the classroom.

Chartiers Valley parent Candice Connor says it was around 10 p.m. Sunday when she was notified that all Chartiers Valley schools would be virtual on Monday.

“It said there was a credible threat so they were canceling school and that was alarming,” Connor said.

The move comes after police say a “credible” threat was made against the school district in addition to Parkway West Career and Technology Center.

Both the school district and police haven’t specified exactly what the threat was, what it said or if it was on social media. Investigators said a juvenile was behind the threat, but didn’t say if it was a Chartiers Valley student or not.

“It’s so scary. I just hate thinking that my children are dealing with this you know, they’re 14 and 11, like, why is that happening?” Connor asked.

Monday night, the Bridgeville Police Department released information on its social media page saying that the juvenile was arrested by Bridgeville officers Monday night for separate charges stemming from separate incidents.

Chartiers Valley Parents received an email around 7 p.m. Monday letting them know classes would be back in person. The interim superintendent explained the issue was fully resolved and that a juvenile experiencing a crisis was receiving appropriate help and support.

“I think they handled it very well. There was every avenue, email, text, phone calls it was all done correctly I think,” Connor said.

That juvenile is being held in a secure juvenile holding facility. There will be extra police officers at all Chartiers Valley School campuses on Tuesday.

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