Texas schools received more than 77,000 threats last year, according to data collected by the Texas Education Agency (T.E.A.). That’s a threat for every minute Texas students were in class.
Some threats turned out to be hoaxes but school officials said each one had to be taken seriously.
While threats of school shootings are what often comes to mind, less than half of all reported threats (34%) were for threat of violence toward others. A larger percentage (37%) were for threats of self-harm, according to the state data.
