CALLAHAN, Fla. — UPDATE - An all-clear has been issued for Callahan Middle School, and student pickup will take place on campus as usual.
According to the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office, its 911 Communications Center received a bomb threat from an anonymous caller involving the school around 1 p.m. That’s when the school was placed on a secure hold.
Deputies searched the campus and deemed it safe around 2:45 p.m.
ORIGINAL STORY - The Nassau County Sheriff’s Office is reporting increased law enforcement presence at Callahan Middle School as deputies investigate a threat.
The school is on a secure hold as a precaution.
The public is asked to avoid the area of Old Dixie Highway.
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Parents are asked not to go to the school. Instead, they can pick up their children in the rear parking lot of the Northeast Florida Fairgrounds.
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