bomb threats at several schools in sw PA
BURGETTSTOWN, Pa. — Burgettstown Middle/High School and Avella and Fort Cherry school districts have evacuated due to bomb threats.
Burgettstown notified families that the district received an email regarding the threat and evacuated students.
Students have been relocated to an area several miles from the school.
Police are searching the building. Originally, students were going to return to the school, but they have since decided to cancel and are sending all students home for the day.
Email threats were also sent to Avella, Fort Cherry and California, according to school officials.
Fort Cherry evacuated and sent elementary students home while police investigated. High school students were evacuated to the football field until the buses could get them home.
Avella also received a threat and evacuated their buildings, the superintendent’s office confirmed.
California Area School District officials said they received an email bomb threat, but after working with local and state police, they determined the threat “noncredible” and will continue to closely monitor the premises.
Over the weekend, state police opened an investigation into a threatening email sent to the Albert Gallatin School District. The sender did not name a specific school or district.
It is not known at this time if the schools received the same threat.
Check back with Channel 11 for updates on this developing story.
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