Snapchat Threat Against High Tech High In Secaucus

SECAUCUS, NJ — Someone made a threat Wednesday night against High Tech High School in Secaucus, but the threat was not deemed credible, according to a report from the Bergen County Record.

The threat was made this past Wednesday night, May 8, on Snapchat. Someone wrote in a post: "High Tech High School. We pulling up today."

School officials at High Tech were notified, and the Hudson County Sheriff's Office investigated and found the threat to be non-credible, according to the report.

There was no increased police presence on the school's Laurel Hill campus at all on Thursday or Friday. However, High Tech does have two Sheriff's officers on campus at all times, according to the report.

"High Tech," as it's locally called, is the Hudson County vocational-technology high school. It pulls students from across Hudson County, and students have to apply to get in. Last year, they relocated from their decades-long home on Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen to their brand-new campus near Laurel Hill Park in Secaucus.

That 22-acre Secaucus campus will also serve as the main campus for Hudson County Community College some day in the future.

High Tech students follow a special curriculum targeted towards trade skills or performing arts, tech/visual arts, science technology and culinary arts. For example, they have large commercial kitchens inside the school, and professional-grade dance and ballet studios. As with any vo-tech school, students choose early on which field they want to study, with the goal of finding employment immediately upon graduation (without needing a college degree).

Past Patch reporting:

Take A Peek Inside New High Tech High School In Secaucus (before the school opened, in Sept. 2018)