LURAY, Va. (7News/WKRC) - Page County Public Schools in Luray, Virginia will increase police presence at schools Monday after a mother made a perceived threat during a school board meeting Thursday night.

Amelia King was upset about the school mask mandate and said her children would not be wearing masks on Monday and she would "bring every single gun loaded and ready."

King was cut off because she ran over the three-minute time allotted for comments.

She walked away saying, "I will see you Monday."

Friday night, the Luray Police Department charged King for making an oral threat on school property. She was released on $5,000 bond.

Page County schools superintendent Antonia Fox and school board chair Megan Gordon released a joint statement earlier Friday, saying the schools don't take these kinds of threats lightly.

"Not only do comments such as these go against everything we wish to model for our students, they go again the very nature of how we as a community should interact with each other," they said in the statement. " Violence and threats are never acceptable or appropriate. This kind of behavior is not tolerated from our students, faculty, staff, nor will it be tolerated by parents or guests of our school division."

School officials said they are in communication with local law enforcement and that there will be an increased police presence at each school Friday and Monday.

Luray Police Department and Page County Sheriff's Office will provide extra officers at the schools.

In a statement from Luray Police, they said King realized what she said "and immediately contacted law enforcement to apologize because the statement was not intended the way it was perceived."

"The safety of the students and school staff are our number one priority, we are working diligently with the Page County School Board to ensure proper measures have been put in place for their safety," police stated. "This agency has also reached out to state and federal law enforcement agencies regarding this incident. We have been in contact with the parent who made the statement, she is cooperating with law enforcement. This incident is still under investigation and no arrests have been made at this time."

The mask-in-schools debate has become a hot topic as new Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has ordered the reversal of school mask mandates as of January 24. But many schools continue to push back on the governor's order.

"As we battle COVID, it's parents that should decide the health measures taken for their children," Youngkin said earlier this week in his first address to the Virginia General Assembly. "That's why I signed an executive order that allows parents to opt-out of mask mandates in schools. This is a matter of individual liberty."

Parents in Chesapeake, Virginia are suing Youngkin over his order.

"This obviously a scary thing for some parents," parent of 2 Matthew Castillo said. "I'm not somebody who sues the governor very often, as you can imagine, but I have my kids to think of. The health and safety of our children is the number one priority, so we want to make sure we're doing everything we can to mitigate any risk of COVID-19 or infection."

Several schools are planning a "Mask Off Monday" protest to show their support of Youngkin's new order on January 24.