'Shooting Plot' Rumor Baseless, District Says

Spring-Ford school district officials said Wednesday the rumor of a plot to carry out some kind of attack at Spring-Ford Area High School was "groundless," following an investigation by police and district staff.

A district spokesperson said Dr. David Goodin and administrators, along with Upper Providence Township police, had been at the 9th Grade Center and the 10th-12th Grade Center on Wednesday to investigate the rumor. 

The district acknowledged the rumor has been spreading and told Patch the district takes all such rumors very seriously. 

Several readers contacted Patch to say that their children had heard the story as it spread. 

"Social media helps to spread rumors faster," the spokeperson said. "We're not sure why it's circulating, but it is."

District officials and police both believe that the rumor "is just that, a rumor," the district spokesperson said. "It's baseless."