Mother jailed for threatening to 'blow up' child's school during parent-teacher conference: Docs

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A mother of three is in jail after being accused of threatening to blow up her child's school. Court documents say the incident took place during a parent-teacher conference at Dogan Elementary in northeast Houston.

According to court records, on Jan. 23, 28-year-old Shaquida Thomas went to Dogan Elementary for a parent-teacher conference. She became upset, used profanity, yelled, and was eventually asked to leave.

Investigators say that as Thomas was leaving, she began making threats.

"She alleges that you threatened her, also threatened to come back and blow up her car, and to blow up the entire school during the confrontation with this principal," a magistrate said in Thomas' probable cause hearing.

It is not clear what caused Thomas to become upset, but as of Feb. 10, she was arrested and charged with making terroristic threats. She has faced this charge before.

Online court records show that in 2019, she was charged with making terroristic threats toward a person, but the case was dropped because it could not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.

In 2025, she was again charged with making terroristic threats toward a person, but that charge was dropped as part of a plea agreement for a 2023 case. In that case, she was accused of assaulting the girlfriend of her children's father. Thomas was sentenced to 12 months of community supervision for the assault.

Thomas remains in jail even though she was granted bail. ABC13 contacted the principal who was threatened, but she declined to comment.

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