Updated at 2:15 p.m. Classes at Shelton High School were canceled today after a teacher found a threatening note, police said Thursday.
The teacher found the note — which “mentioned a bomb threat” — this morning, according to police spokesman Lt. Robert Kozlowsky.
The note was given to the headmaster, who contacted police. Students were evacuated from the building. Police and emergency personnel were still at the school as of 2 p.m.
State police bomb-sniffing dogs are searching the area.
After-school activities, including night classes, are canceled.
“For investigative purposes, the specific content of the note will not be released,” police said.
The following info was posted at 1 p.m.
Police are investigating a bomb threat at Shelton High School.
A note was found in the school a little after 11 a.m., according to Detective Ben Trabka.
Trabka wouldn’t say exactly what the note said or where in the school it was found.
The school was evacuated and students were sent home early, Trabka said.
The police department is still on scene evaluating whether there was any legitimacy to the note, Trabka said.
School officials were unavailable for comment at about 1 p.m.
