Santa Cruz High School to reopen Thursday

and.. a scary situation of our own here on the central coast… but tonight santa cruz police and the school district say it’s safe for students to return to santa cruz high school. this comes after police say a credible and violent threat was made against the entire staff and student body — canceling classes for the day. newschannel 5’s marissa schwartz joins us live in santa cruz tonight with more on a community meeting held for parents. spencer-all parents within the santa cruz city school district are being told it’s safe for their kids to return to school tomorrow… i’m told extra officers will be on-hand for a while, but so far little information is being released as to why officials feel its safe to have school tomorrow. :1 – :13: 16 – :20 :44 – :55 1:15 to 1:26> “i will be sending my daughter to school tomorrow, and i feel they gave us as much information as they could tonight. i would have been happier if parents had got some if this information earlier in the day but i understand the constraints they’re working under.”> hundreds of parents packed the kaiser permanente center, where school administrators and santa cruz police shared what they know and took questions from skeptical parents.> santa cruz high school principal karen edmonds says at 8:23pm tuesday night, she received an email describing a mass- shooting threat, including a specific time, place and action, but wasn’t targeted at anyone specific.> police say they believe the threat is real and closing school on wednesday was appropriate, as they continue to investigate the email.> “based on new information that came available tonight again we were able to compare that to the known information that we have as well as the threat matrix and we believe that it was the appropriate decision to go ahead and move forward with opening the school back up.”> investigators say the email may have originated in the united states…> but because the information traveled through several overseas servers, it makes it difficult to track down the source.> however, investigators say they’re working on several promising leads.> edmonds says counselors will be available for anyone with concerns. > “my students and staff can come to work and come to school, feel safe, go about their day without any concerns of being attacked.” the district says it plans to activate it’s emergency messenger system tonight, so parents who couldn’t make it here tonight will know school is back open tomorrow. the information will go to parents by text, email and a phone call. they also plan to keep parents in the loop with whatever information they can share about the investigation.