{"id":32213,"date":"2024-09-13T16:10:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T21:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=32213"},"modified":"2024-09-13T21:24:08","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T02:24:08","slug":"2-springfield-schools-evacuated-another-closed-for-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=32213","title":{"rendered":"2 Springfield schools evacuated, another closed for the day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Springfield City School District in Ohio closed one middle school and evacuated two elementary schools Friday as the city grapples with the fallout of unfounded conspiracy theories about immigrants that have been amplified by former President Trump\u2002<\/u><\/a>and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance\u2002<\/u><\/a>(R).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elementary school students were evacuated from their buildings and moved to a different location after receiving direction from the Springfield Police Division. Students are being released to their parents, the Springfield News-Sun reported<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roosevelt Middle School was closed before the school day began in relation to information the school district received from law enforcement, the outlet said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s not clear if the school evacuations were linked to a bomb threat Thursday against the Springfield City Hall, but explosive-detecting K-9 helped police clear areas Thursday, Springfield Police Chief Allison Elliott said, according to ABC News<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Thursday, City Hall was evacuated after<\/u><\/a> a bomb threat was issued to \u201cmultiple facilities\u201d in the area. Two elementary schools were also listed in the threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was later revealed the bomb threat used hateful language<\/u><\/a> against the city\u2019s immigrant population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The threats come just days after Trump took the stage in Philadelphia at presidential debate and gave voice to conspiracy theories<\/u><\/a> that migrants, particularly Haitian migrants in Springfield, were eating people\u2019s cats and dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine\u2002<\/u><\/a>(R) and Springfield Mayor Rob Rue, as well as other local authorities, have brushed off Trump\u2019s remarks and said pets were safe in Springfield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DeWine said the internet can be \u201cquite crazy sometimes.\u201d<\/u><\/a> He said migrants are choosing Springfield because of its job opportunities and said employers say they have \u201cdone a very, very good job, and they work very, very hard.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rue said Trump\u2019s amplification of the false claims created a \u201cnegative light\u201d<\/u><\/a> for the city. He admitted that Springfield is experiencing an \u201cinfrastructure strain\u201d due to the increased immigration population and is seeing a \u201cculture clash\u201d as the false narratives about migrants continue to spread within communities and by the Republican presidential nominee.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

DeWine announced Thursday that the state would send<\/u><\/a> health care and public safety support to Clark County, which houses Springfield. He criticized the lack of federal help but said Ohio will \u201cnot walk away\u201d from the migrant influx in the area and the needs of the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump doubled down on his attacks<\/u><\/a> on Haitians Thursday during a campaign stop in Arizona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a place called Springfield, Ohio, that you\u2019ve been reading about. Twenty-thousand illegal Haitian immigrants have descended upon the town of 58,000 people, destroying their entire way of life. This was a beautiful community and now it\u2019s horrible what\u2019s happened,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Springfield City School District in Ohio closed one middle school and evacuated two elementary schools Friday as the city grapples with the fallout of unfounded conspiracy theories about immigrants that have been amplified by former President Trump\u2002and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance\u2002(R). Elementary school students were evacuated from their buildings and moved to a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":32214,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5781],"tags":[5509,1408,30461,3637],"class_list":["post-32213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","tag-evacuation","tag-school","tag-springfield","tag-suspension"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32213"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32215,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32213\/revisions\/32215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}