Macon County Student Charged in Threat Against School

Macon County -- September 12, 2024: Macon County Sheriff's Office: On Monday, September 9, Nantahala School

administration received information that a student made a threat of violence against the school. The student in question was interviewed and charged with the following:

⁃ 1 felony count of Communicating A Threat of Mass Violence on Educational Property
No further information will be released on the student as they are a juvenile. Nantahala School is NOT considered to be under any type of threat at this time.

We want to urge parents to speak with their children about how their words matter. In this day and age, we have zero tolerance for any comments made that put any Macon County school’s safety into question.

Macon County Sheriff’s Office and Macon County Schools’ top priority is the safety of our children and we will continue to thoroughly investigate any potential threats to school safety. Those who are found to have communicated threats regarding school safety will be charged accordingly.

Editor's Note:* A criminal charge is an accusation, by law, a person accused of a crime is innocent until proven in a court of law.