Village School Evacuated in Holmdel

Holmdel, NJ - Elementary school students at the Village School in Holmdel were evacuated late Wednesday morning due to a suspicious phone call, Holmdel police said on Twitter. The students are all out of the school now and are safe.

"Students and staff are safe and still on buses at this time," said Holmdel schools superintendent Robert McGarry when asked by Patch about the nature of the phone call.

By 1:30 p.m., school had returned to normal operations, but the Holmdel police continued to investigate, he said.

This is the second evacuation at the Village School in the past several months and both were due to suspicious phone calls. As Patch reported, on Friday morning Oct. 14, a suspicious phone call was investigated at the school and the building was evacuated for approximately an hour as a result. On that day, both the building and parking lot was thoroughly searched by law enforcement and canines before students were allowed back in the building.

It is not clear yet what was said in either phone call.