ALAMANCE COUNTY, N.C. — Two children are facing felonies in Alamance County related to online threats made toward ABSS last week.
School leaders are urging parents to play a bigger role in what their kids do online. Parents hope something changes soon.
Threats of any kind toward a school create concern for everyone involved, especially for people like ABSS parent Nena Gomez.
"I don't know if my child's gonna come back home or what's going to happen, you know? It's a whole different worry," Gomez said.
She as well as Yasmilyn Jesurum, have children in Alamance-Burlington Schools, Graham Elementary and Graham High School.
Last week, deputies said two children made online threats against schools in the district. ABSS and the Alamance County Sheriff's Office didn't specify which schools but said the threats were on social media.
"I don't think that's a prank. That shouldn't be a prank, that shouldn't be in your brain," Jesurum said.
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The two accused children now face felony charges; one count each of felony threats to commit an act of mass violence on educational property.
"Nowadays, we [parents and authorities] can find anything online," Jesurum said.
Both moms said they're relieved to hear about the consequences, they're hopeful it'll make other students think before posting something similar.
"That way they [students] think, 'oh my future is gonna be messed up, just because of that,' they think it's a game. It's not a game," Gomez said.
Both worry about the safety of their children. Former ABSS parent, Thomas Baldwin, said he feels their pain.
"It makes you not want to send your kids to school. You want to homeschool them the way things going. You try to send them to a safe place but which one's safe?" Baldwin said.
He had children who went to both Cummings and Williams High Schools. He said parents have to involve themselves in their children's lives. The responsibility doesn't solely land on teachers and law enforcement.
"You learn from the old and teach the young, that's the thing, and you try to do it in a positive way," Baldwin said.
While this threat wasn't credible. Both the school system and the sheriff's office said they look into each and every threat and take them very seriously.