UPDATED: Framingham Student Threatened 3rd Grader With Knife At School

Originally Posted on Nov. 17, 2015. Last update at midnight on Nov. 19.

Parents of a third grader at a Framingham elementary school said their son was threatened by another boy, who said he had access to a knife inside the school, and would stab him.

Framingham Superintendent of Schools Stacy Scott confirmed an incident did happen on Monday.

Scott said the ”knife” was found “immediately.” He said it was a ”steak knife” from a kitchen.

He would not talk specifics about the incident, but said “disciplinary action” was applied in this situation.

A letter went home to all parents, at that elementary school, about the incident, but never mentioned a knife.

The letter states “we were notified of a serious threat one student made to another student.”

Stapleton Elementary School Principal Amy Bright and the school’s vice principal Allison Benabdallah wrote in the letter to parents upon learning of the threat, they “immediately informed Framingham Police” and “began an investigation to receive additional information to assist us in determining school safety.”

The letter states there “was no harm to any students.”

The parents of the Stapleton Elementary third grader said they first learned of the threat, when their son got off the bus on Monday.

The parents said they were first notified by the school’s vice principal of an incident at school, via a phone call after 3:30 p.m. School gets out at 3:05 p.m.

Framingham Patch knows the names of the parents and the student threatened, but has chosen not to publish the name to protect the third grader. The parents contacted Framingham Patch today.

On Nov. 18, Framingham Police interviewed the third grade boy, who said a classmate threatened to stab him with a knife, they believed was a box cutter.

According to his parents, the boy, 9, said another classmate brought a knife to school.

A different classmate threatened to use that knife inside the school and stab their son, said the parents.

The threat was made at recess.

“Students should feel safe in school,” said Scott. “Students should also feel comfortable, if they feel they are at risk at school, to report that to teachers and staff. And that is what happened in this case.”

Weapons are prohibited in Framingham Public Schools. Scott said there are incidents in which a student brings one to school, and in “those cases we hope that other students would report it and staff would take action.”

The Framingham Police log has an entry for Police visiting Stapleton Elementary on Monday at 11:08 a.m. Patch it is not sure if this when the incident happened.

The parents of the boy, who was threatened, met with school administration Wednesday morning, and again Wednesday afternoon.

Specifically, the parents wanted to address the issue of a knife in the school and the threat made to their son.

The parents said they were told that the student in question was disciplined.