On Dec. 16, the Aspen School District advised parents about a series of videos on the social networking platform TikTok that threatened nationwide school shootings the following day.
The threats were not deemed credible, and no threats were specifically targeted at the schools in the Aspen School District, but the warning made some students and parents nervous.
On Dec. 21, reporter Halle Zander spoke with Fatima Flores, a junior at Aspen High School. They discussed challenges made on social media and how last week’s threats impacted her.
For resources about how to talk to kids about mass shootings and gun violence, go online to the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. The web address is nctsn.org.
