Increased police presence used at Southern Door due to threatening email UPDATED

Students saw a larger Door County Sheriff’s Department presence on campus on Monday due to a threatening email discovered Sunday evening. The district was informed of a threatening e-mail at 6 p.m. that was shared with some high school students. The district notified the Door County Sheriff’s Department shortly after its discovery along with the students that had also received the e-mail. Business Manager Jason Melotte emailed parents before 9 p.m., alerting them of their request to have the Door County Sheriff’s Department provide additional resources for Monday’s school day. The district and the Door County Sheriff’s Department are investigating the source of the threatening email, which did not come from a Southern Door account.

This is the second time since Friday a school district had to react to a threat towards some of its students. On Friday, a Sturgeon Bay High School student was suspended for developing a “hit list” that was later found by a faculty member. Melotte, much like Sturgeon Bay Principal Keith Nerby did on Friday, encourages families to talk to their children about the importance of reporting suspicious behavior.