HARDWICK — Following the statewide threat of school shootings for Tuesday, April 8, Police Chief Michael Henry spoke with Hazen Union School Principal Jason Di Giulio Monday evening, April 7.
Di Guilio decided to keep students inside all day that Tuesday. “It’s our responsibility to take every threat seriously until we get the all clear from law enforcement,” he said.
“We had increased patrols around the Hardwick schools all day on Tuesday and there have been sporadic patrols all week,” Henry reported.
The threat was eventually determined to be a hoax according to a Vermont State Police report Tuesday.
“By early Tuesday afternoon we received the all clear from Hardwick Police and I passed that information along to the school community,” said Di Guilio.
“We do not have any evidence of suspicious activity,” said Henry, Thursday, April 10.
Paul Fixx is editor of The Hardwick Gazette and lives in Hardwick.
