Education Department: Terror Threat Against School Buses Not Credible

New York State homeland security and counter-terrorism officials have deemed that Friday is not credible.

The update on the threat came in a state Education Department e-mail sent to school superintendents late Wednesday morning.

“[A]lthough law enforcement authorities are treating this threat seriously and continue to investigate, they are not considering this a credible threat at this time,” the e-mail reads.

The threat came in the form of an anonymous email Friday to state officials with the subject line “Time to Kill,” making specific threats of violence to state office buildings, the state Legislature and school buses.

Local school districts including Westhampton Beach and Hampton Bays say they took the threat seriously.  Aside from notifying all employees, the districts also noticed parents via their respective websites.

In part, the Hampton Bays School District posted on their website the following: "Our Transportation and Security Departments maintain their high standard of security supervision and in our pre- and post-inspection routines for all bus transit.  Montauk Bus Company has discussed this information with all drivers and our on-campus Security Team remains informed and active."