'Attack a Teacher Day' Facebook Invitation Prompts Arrests

Although the Nevada Middle School Girls Insisted It Was a Joke, They Were Charged With Communicating Threats

Six girls in Carson City, Nev., have been arrested in connection with an incident in which other students were invited on Facebook to take part in an “Attack a Teacher Day” at two local middle schools.

One girl was accused of inviting about 100 students on the social-networking site to participate in the event on Jan. 7. The other five students were accused of responding with online threats against specific teachers, Carson Middle School Principal Dan Sadler said.

The Nevada Appeal newspaper in Carson City reported that the girls were charged with a misdemeanor for communicating threats. Their names were not released.While the students insisted it was a joke, Mr. Sadler said they were arrested on the same day a suspended 17-year-old student in Omaha, Neb., fatally shot an assistant principal and wounded his principal before fleeing the campus and...