MUNCIE, Ind. -- School board members in Muncie are concerned about a series of anonymous threatening letters that have been showing up in their mailboxes.
School Board President Debbie Feick said members had received hundreds of letters since they hired Steve Baule as superintendent.
And it’s no secret that there are many issues with Muncie Schools that have been an ongoing topic of controversy. Hundreds of people have turned up at recent board meetings to voice their concerns about school closings and the outsourcing of busing in the district.
But board member Robert Warner said that a pile of recently delivered letters has them worried about their safety.
“The one that pushed me over the edge was the one that said ‘I’m watching you. I’m around you. I talk to you at the checkout line at CVS,’” said Warner.
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The letters were placed directly in their mailboxes, and sometimes right on their doorsteps. They have no postage and no return address.
“All of them are anonymous which creates another level of concern,” said Feick.
Warner is offering a $500 reward for any information that leads them to the author or authors of the unsigned letters.
“There is no identification in terms of who sent it or why they sent it,” said Warner. “They are just nasty and threatening. They are getting worse.”
According to the USPS website, it’s illegal to place mail in a mailbox without paid postage. Feick said she’s already contacted the postal service as well as local law enforcement, but so far they haven’t been able to identify who is delivering them.
“Hopefully it isn’t anyone who works with children,” said Feick. “Hopefully it’s not anyone who is committed to the educational system, but we have no real specific idea. "
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