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Pleasant Grove High School on lockdown after bomb threat, officials say

Posted at 3:07 PM, Mar 16, 2023
and last updated 2023-03-16 18:59:30-04

PLEASANT GROVE, Utah — Students were evacuated after Pleasant Grove High School was placed under lockdown protocol due to a bomb threat Thursday.

The Pleasant Grove Police Department confirmed the evacuations, while an official with the Alpine School District said students were released classroom by classroom.

According to the district official, the school was on "Secure" protocols after the threat was placed via phone call at 2 p.m.

After the school was evacuated, bomb squad members and dogs searched the buildings and found no credible threat. Police say they are still investigating where the threat call initiated.

Multiple roads surrounding the school have been closed to traffic, and parents are being told to pick up students at 300 South and Locust Road.

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