Conestoga High School switched back to remote learning on Feb. 14 after the school received threats over its mask policy. BERWYN, Pa - Conestoga High School switched back to remote learning Monday after the school reported receiving threats.
School officials updated the community with a special announcement from Superintendent Dr. Richard Gusick and Principal Dr. Amy Meisinger on the school district website."Over the weekend, interactions among students on social media devolved to include harmful speech and even potential threats to the school," the message said. "Yesterday and today, TEST worked with the local police to address and resolve the threatening statements, and at this time, the police confirm there are no active threats against the school." Jiada Liberato, a sophomore at Conestoga High School, said she was disappointed about returning to virtual learning. "Being at home is not as much fun and it’s all school work and then being in school is like seeing people and doing school work, so it’s not as bad," she said.
The Tredyffrin Township School District posted this announcement on its website alerting parents to threats Conestoga High School received.
This threats come after a student protest on Friday, in which officials said some students took off their masks and left school.