Ten local districts teamed up for a news conference Friday to discuss how they’re responding to the recent rise in violent threats. School leaders are asking families to help their children understand the impact of making threats.

Over the last two weeks, schools across the ArkLaTex have dealt with multiple threats or related concerns, many of which were in Northeast Texas. Although all the threats were deemed not credible, law enforcement warned the local communities that threatening a school is a serious crime.

Several Central Texas school districts and law enforcement on Friday morning gathered to talk about school safety concerns, as they’ve been the target of numerous threats since the school year started just over a month ago.