Fairmont High School to close Tuesday due to threat; week after threat made against LGBTQ+ students

KETTERING — UPDATE: 9: a.m.

A Kettering Fairmont High School student has been arrested after a social media threat was made against the school Monday evening, a spokesperson for the school district said Tuesday morning.

>> Student arrested after threat made to Fairmont High School Monday evening

INITIAL REPORT:

Kettering Fairmont High School has canceled classes Tuesday due to a threat made against the school on social media.

In a statement, the district said the school will be closed as Kettering Police Department and its social media forensics experts investigate the threat and its source.

“We will also continue to work closely with the Kettering Police Department as it investigates this threat. We pledge to pursue any and all legal action once the KPD has identified the perpetrator or perpetrators who posted this threat and any other individual who may have any knowledge relative to the posted threat,” the district said in a statement.

>> ‘They should be free to be themselves;’ Arrest made after threat against LGBTQ people at area school

This comes days after a Beavercreek man, Brandon Moore, was arrested for allegedly phoning in a threat to the school against the LGBTQ+ community.

This call came after two LGBTQ+ students were chosen as prom king and queen.

Kettering police were able to track down Moore at his work and take him into custody.

The school asks anyone with information about the current threat to reach out to Fairmont Principal Tyler Alexander, FHS School Resource Officer Lester Spinks, the Kettering Police Department, or school staff.

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