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'Fake Threat, Real Consequences' in Lee County Schools

WGCU | By Julie Glenn,
John Davis, Mike Kiniry
Published February 18, 2019 at 10:32 AM EST
https://fmh.leeschools.net/

Since last year'smass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, schools in Lee County have received more than 200 violent threats. In response, the School District of Lee County, and its partners in law enforcement, is cracking down on threats. The“Fake Threat, Real Consequences”initiative means that students who threaten violence against a school or their classmates can and will be arrested.

We’re joined in the studio by the school district's director of safety,Rick Parfitt, the principal at Fort Myers High School,Dr. Robert Butz, and CommanderMichael Miller, he's the leader of youth services at theLee County Sheriff's Office.

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Julie Glenn
Julie Glenn is the host of Gulf Coast Live. She has been working in southwest Florida as a freelance writer since 2007, most recently as a regular columnist for the Naples Daily News. She began her broadcasting career in 1993 as a reporter/anchor/producer for a local CBS affiliate in Quincy, Illinois. After also working for the NBC affiliate, she decided to move to Parma, Italy where she earned her Master’s degree in communication from the University of Gastronomic Sciences. Her undergraduate degree in Mass Communication is from the University of Missouri at Kansas City.
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John Davis
John Davis has been a full-time Reporter/Producer for WGCU since 2009. He is the local host for NPRââââ
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Mike Kiniry
Mike Kiniry is producer of Gulf Coast Live, and co-creator and host of the WGCU podcast Three Song Stories: Biography Through Music. He first joined the WGCU team in the summer of 2003 as an intern while studying Communication at Florida Gulf Coast University.
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