PULASKI, N.Y. -- Each year, a Pulaski High School student wears a tuxedo to school this time of year as a promotion for Walker's Cleaners & Tuxedo, a local shop.

On Tuesday night, the student picked for the this year's promotion posted on Facebook, "if you go to Pulaski High School tomorrow, expect a very dapper day...."

The message may appear innocent enough, but it caused a resident to contact authorities because she mistakenly thought it was a school threat. That kicked off a police investigation.

Schools across Central New York take any possible threat seriously, especially after 17 students and staff were killed in a school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

State police investigated the report and quickly determined the message was not a credible threat, said Jack Keller, a spokesman for the State Police. It appeared the person who called in the threat seemed to misunderstand the definition of dapper, he said.

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines dapper as "neat and trim in appearance."

School officials did not return multiple requests for comment this week from Syracuse.com | The Post-Standard.

Pulaski principal Michael Bateson sent an email message to parents Wednesday about the tux promotion and the student's post. The email was obtained by Syracuse.com | The Post-Standard.

"In working with law enforcement, it has been determined that there is no credible threat, or malicious intent, and that the posting has been misconstrued and inadvertently caused alarm via social networking," Bateson wrote.

The principal also asked that parents remind students that officials are proud of them for reporting their concerns and to continue doing so.

Email from Pulaski High School principal Mike Bateson obtained by The Post-Standard | Syracuse.com about a reported threat determined to be unfounded at the school.

Reporting contributed by Samantha House and Sarah Moses Buckshot.