DUNCANVILLE, Texas — It is tough to keep up with the incidents.
“Everybody's paranoid trying to make sure that their kids get home and get to school safely,” said E, Boss Talk 101.
That safety has been challenged by more than a dozen school threats across North Texas.
E has a son at Dallas ISD and nephews at Duncanville ISD. Both districts received threats this week.
“When you hear about all the different things that are transpiring when it comes down to our youth and our children trying to go get their education, it shouldn't be that hard,” said E.
The list is troubling. Fort Worth Police said, in the past week, they’ve worked more than a dozen threats with one arrest. Carrollton Police said they responded to six school threats with one arrest. Royse City detained a 15-year-old in connection with a bomb threat. Kemp ISD closed all of its schools Wednesday, as a precaution.
“We take every threat that we receive as a school system very seriously,” said Dr. T. Lamar Goree, Duncanville ISD Superintendent.
Wednesday, Dr. Goree and Duncanville ISD Police said a large portion of these threats were circulating online, but they were not real.
“Now, the threats that we were receiving is something that's being recycled through local communities is basically copy and paste at this point,” said Mitchell Lambert, Duncanville ISD Police Chief.
They have increased police presence even partnering with local law enforcement.
“The challenge is vetting when it comes to threats that are being made to the school is that resources are being used to vet those,” said Lambert.
Many districts have made counselors available to support the mental toll these incidents have on students, but some also say, these talks must happen at home as well.
“These are some tough conversations when you get home and you're trying to do things, to get their minds off of it,” said E. “It's a new day and time. The information we're getting is so much more up close and personal. We just have to do better by being vigilant and watchful for our children.”
Although there have been many threats reported this week, Lambert said he believes people's fear of threats has heightened.
"I don't believe that there's an increase or decrease. I believe that it is steady at this time. I do know that we just have a greater knowledge of it because of the heightened state of fear that the country is involved in right now when it comes to school violence," said Lambert.
Duncanville ISD Police encourage everyone to report any threats or concerns to police, immediately to police. They also said you can make reports on iWatchTX.org.