Social media threats targeting Henrico schools prompt extra security measures; supervisors ask VDOT to lift Williamsburg Road restrictions

Henrico Newsflash – Dec. 16, 2021

Dec 16, 2021

Social media threats targeting Henrico schools prompt extra security measures

Several non-credible social media threats targeting Virginia schools have appeared during the past two weeks, following the Nov. 30 shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan that left four dead.

Last week, a social media post encouraging students to participate in a campus disruption prompted the principal of Wilder Middle School in Henrico to put extra precautions in place. Teachers and staff were instructed to monitor transitions, structure bathroom breaks and escort students to lunch.

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Supervisors ask VDOT to lift Williamsburg Road restrictions

The Henrico Board of Supervisors is asking the Virginia Department of Transportation to lift limited access restrictions on Williamsburg Road between Technology Boulevard and Elko Road in Sandston, near the White Oak Technology Park.

The board Dec. 14 passed a resolution making that request of VDOT, which implemented the restrictions in the 1970s when its changed the alignment of the road there.

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