2 Las Vegas schools close Friday in wake of global threats

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - In the wake of threats against the Jewish community as war is raging on in Israel, two schools in the Las Vegas Valley have canceled classes on Friday.

According to Innovations International Charter School, its Oakey campus is located on the site of a former Jewish temple. The charter school said it was canceling classes Friday “out of an abundance of caution.”

Innovations International advised in a notice to families that it would reopen again on Monday, Oct. 16 “with business as usual.”

Additionally, the Adelson School, a PK-12 Jewish school in Las Vegas, announced in a notice to parents that it would also keep its campus closed on Friday “out of an abundance of caution.” The school said it would plan to resume normal school activities on Monday.

“The coming weeks will be challenging as we look to take every safety precaution, while maintaining a consistent routine and normalized environment for our students,” Adelson School’s Alli Abrahamson said in the letter. “The Adelson School security team will continue to operate at a high level of vigilance daily, working with Las Vegas METRO who are assigned to patrol the school indefinitely.”