ATLANTA — Students and staff at Sylvan Hills Middle School in Atlanta were evacuated Thursday after the school received a bomb threat.
According to an Atlanta Public Schools spokesperson, the school received the threat through a text message.
Officials placed the school on an interior lockdown and everyone was evacuated to nearby Perkerson Park.
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Parents were notified of both the lockdown and then the evacuation of the building.
Atlanta Public Schools Police are investigating the threat with assistance from Atlanta Police.
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