UPDATE:

Sulphur Police Chief David Shores says the area code of that number was not local and may have came from out of the state

The School shut down Thursday after getting a threatening voicemail just before 12:30 p.m.

"The Oklahoma School for the Deaf had a recorded message left on an answering machine, that threatened grave danger to anyone associated one of our OSD employees, "Communications Director Jody Harlan said.

Harlan says staff immediately called Sulphur Police, who contacted the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and the FBI.

Harlan says the threat is connected to a series of social media posts, phone calls, and emails alleging that a spouse of an employee made negative comments about a transgender female student attending Achilles Public Schools in Bryan County.

That student was scorned and threatened online by parents after using a girls restroom at school.

"Our school does not discriminate," Harlan said. If our employees are found to be guilty of wrongdoing/illegal activity, we'll take action."

Harlan couldn't release any details regarding the staff member in question, or their spouse but she did tell us that employee still has a job.

"We don't feel it's appropriate to direct our school to fire someone, under threat of danger to everyone associated with that person," She said.

Parent Lisa Wild lives just a few feet from the school.

"There's so many threats every time you turn around, there's another bomb threat, there's shootings, stabbings ... it's like a normal thing now," Wild said.

Harlan says they don't know when they'll reopen the school.

Registration and all weekend activities have been canceled.

"Better be safe than sorry, nowadays," Wild said. You just can't trust anyone at all."

ORGINAL:

The Oklahoma School for the Deaf in Sulphur has shut down its campus due to a threat made Thursday afternoon.

School officials tell us around 12:30 p.m. someone called threatening grave danger to anyone associated with a school employee unless that person is fired within 48 hours.

They believe that threat is connected to a series of social media posts, phone calls, and emails alleging that a relative of that employee made negative comments about the transgender female student attending Achille Public Schools.

The story has made international headlines after the student was scorned and threatened online by parents after using a girls restroom at school.

School officials immediately notified police, who contacted the FBI.

School is not currently in session, but they have postponed enrollment which was scheduled for Saturday.