School districts in Virginia, Maryland see spate of social media threats NBC4 Washington [Video]

Several school districts in the D.C. area are on high alert after threats of potential violence on social media.

At least one school district in Virginia closed school Wednesday, and another has increased security to protect students and staff.

Police and school districts across the nation are dealing with a spike in threats in the recent wake of school shootings. At least four school districts in the D.C. area have said they are aware of possible school threats, but nothing has gotten close to materializing.

The public school districts in Loudoun, Spotsylvania and Frederick counties in Virginia, and in Queen Anne’s County, Maryland, are warning about potential threats after social media posts about either those districts or specific schools within them.

None of those threats so far have been found to be credible, but Frederick County school officials in Virginia made the decision Wednesday to close their schools out of …