State police officials looked into a threat with a “tangential” connection to St. Johnsbury Academy

State police officials say they recently looked into a threat with a “tangential” connection to St. Johnsbury Academy and determined it was not credible. According to VSP, the threat was “unconnected to St. Johnsbury Academy but which had a tangential connection to the school.” A student reportedly made a threat via social media. VSP officials said because the incident involved a juvenile, “VSP is unable to release further information.” A VSP detective wearing plain clothes went to the Academy on April 20 to investigate the threat, State police said the Academy was not the target of the threat. Academy Headmaster Sharon Howell said school officials are poised to work with law enforcement should a threat arise at the school, but with the recent case, the circumstances did not rise to a response.