WESTPORT — More threats directed at schools overnight — locally and throughout the region — prompted Supt. of Schools Thomas Scarice to issue an update on school safety Thursday morning to assure the community that Westport schools are safe.

Westport school officials, Scarice said, “received a number of ‘swatting’ posts that were shared from social media. 

“These messages were either shared from neighboring towns, or were messages of violent threats with no specificity, but shared among our students on social media,” he said. But, after investigation, they were determined not to pose a real threat, he added.

Bridgeport schools, which were directly targeted by threats Wednesday night, are opening on a two-hour delay Thursday, said Bridgeport Supt. Carmela Levy-David, according to a report published by the Connecticut Post. A juvenile has been arrested in connection with those threats, according to that report.

And Fairfield Supt. Michael Testani, reacting to threats in “a neighboring district,” said school officials and police in that town are also on alert regarding social media posts that he acknowledged are “causing concern for our Fairfield community.”

Classes at public schools in the city of Ansonia were called off for the entire day Thursday after receiving threats on social media, the Post reported.

In Westport, Scarice said that school officials and police overnight “determined that there is no threat to our schools.

“I can assure you that our students will be safe today, and they continue to be safe in our schools,” he added.

The Wednesday night threats come in the wake of Tuesday incidents involving Staples High School, where a violent graffiti message was found in a girls bathroom at Staples High School, and in a later unrelated incident, a Staples student was arrested for posting a threatening message on social media.

He acknowledged that school districts around the region are being “inundated” with threats and violent messages posted primarily on social media.

Any threats or violent messages seen online after school hours should be forwarded to the Police Department, the superintendent said.

During the school day, they should be forwarded to school administrators or, if at Staples High School, the school resource officer.