Lincoln County Public Schools is aware of a video that started circulating on social media last night involving an incident at Lincoln County Middle School. School officials immediately opened an investigation with the Stanford Police Department after being made aware of the video.
“When the video surfaced on social media last night, it was the first time school leadership had seen the video or been made aware that the incident had occurred,” said Superintendent Michael Rowe. “After further looking into the situation this morning, we have determined the incident occurred in October of 2021 and was never reported to school administrators at the middle school.”
The Stanford Police Department said they received information yesterday (February 16th) in reference to a video depicting a school assault taking place in a classroom. SPD Sergeant Preston Middleton said, “Currently, the information that has been gathered reveals this particular video and incident occurred on October 20th, 2021, and has been circulating amongst school aged children since late October 2021 and was never reported to authorities. SPD has identified the victim and suspect, and will not release further details as all parties involved are juveniles and the investigation is still ongoing.”
Superintendent Rowe added, “The behavior that occurred in the video will not be tolerated in this school district. That is not acceptable behavior and it will be dealt with appropriately.”
For more information, please contact the Student Support Center at 606.365.2124.
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