KENT COUNTY, MI – Northview High School’s home football game will be played Friday, Sept. 5, with heightened security, after a student’s alleged threat to a staff member closed schools for the day.

The district was notified Thursday about a potential threat by a student and, “because there were too many unanswered questions,” the district closed on Friday, Superintendent Christina Hinds and John Kraus, interim deputy superintendent, said in an afternoon letter to families.

The district will have increased police and security presence at the 7 p.m. football game against Vicksburg High School, with only one point of entry to Wildcat Stadium.

Students, as part of established protocol, cannot bring in bags, balls or outside food or drink into the stadium. Adults with large bags or purses m

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