Authorities Investigate School Threat At Steam Academy

SPRING VALLEY–Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a threatening message written on the stall of a bathroom at Steam Academy in Spring Valley.

Deputies were called to the campus at 1001 Leland Street just before 9 a.m. on Friday.

The threatening message was written on the stall of a bathroom indicating there was going to be a school shooting on February 23.  Deputies are working closely with the La Mesa-Spring Valley School District, but at this time the message is not deemed credible. Students wear dismissed at normal schedule at 3:05 p.m. Deputies will be providing extra patrols at the school.

The Sheriff’s Department and local school districts take every threat seriously and nothing can be dismissed or ignored.

Authorities remind students that if they hear any threats of violence or even potential violence, they can always approach their school resource deputies, or call the anonymous Crime Stoppers Students Speaking Out Tip Line at (888) 580‐8477 or the Sheriff’s Department at (858) 565-5200.