UPDATE: Pleasanton High School Evacuated, Closed Due to Bomb Threat

By AUTUMN JOHNSON and Bay City News

Update:

A bomb threat that closed a Pleasanton high school this morning came by email to the school’s principal, police said. Amador Valley High School principal Tom Drescher received the email from a yet to be determined person shortly before 7 a.m., according to police.

Police and school staff then evacuated the campus, police said. The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office bomb team and bomb-sniffing K-9 completed a search of the campus, and police officials say the search revealed no explosives of any kind.

The campus has been cleared, but as a precautionary measure, classes at the school have been canceled for today, district officials said. All other Pleasanton schools are open today.

“We want to thank all Amador students and parents for cooperating with staff and administration to keep our students safe,” school officials said. “PUSD also appreciates our strong working relationship with Pleasanton PD.”

Anyone with information about this threat is encouraged to call Pleasanton Police at 925-931-5100.

Update:

Pleasanton Police are investigating a report of a bomb threat made to Amador Valley High School Friday morning.
According to Lieutenant Jeffery Bretzing, shortly before 7 a.m. this morning, the principal at Amador Valley High School received an email containing a bomb threat directed to the campus.

“Pleasanton police officers partnered with school staff to evacuate the school campus,” Bretzing said in a statement.

A search of the campus is currently being conducted with the aid of the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department’s Bomb Team and dog, Bretzing said.

District officials said the following auto-dialer message was sent to parents before school started this morning:

“This morning Amador Valley High School received a bomb threat. Pleasanton Unified School District staff is coordinating with the Pleasanton Police Department. Currently, Amador students are being asked not to attend school until the campus is deemed free of potential threats by the Pleasanton Police Department. All other Pleasanton schools are open and safe for students to attend. We will update our community as more information is available.”

In a statement, school officials said some students were on campus, but were quickly evacuated with the help of AVHS staff and administration as soon as the threat was received.

“Alameda County Bomb Squad is currently on campus. They will sweep the campus and let us know when it is cleared. Then we will determine whether students will be asked to come back to campus and will send out another auto-dialer call to students and parents.”

The school is located at 1155 Santa Rita Road.

Original story:

Investigators are working to determine the location from which the email was sent.Pleasanton parents received an automated notification Friday morning that Amador Valley High School was being evacuated due to a bomb threat.

Patch has not yet reached the district or police for comment.

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