Kerria Weaver
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
USA TODAY NETWORK
“The Penfield Central School District is implementing new security measures at board of education meetings in response to threats it has received in the past couple of weeks.
During a board meeting on Feb. 11 tensions escalated over a discussion about ‘The Rainbow Parade,’ a book depicting a young girl attending a Pride parade with her two moms. Since that board meeting, the district reported receiving approximately 200 messages through various channels. Many of the messages were described as threatening and vulgar.”