Crime & Safety
Burlingame High School Lock Down
BHS was briefly on lock down today due to a threatening e-mail.
went on lock down Friday afternoon after the school received a threatening e-mail.
The school was locked down shortly after 2 p.m. and police responded to the campus, according to Barbara Tufo, an administrative assistant with the San Mateo Union High School District.
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Police searched the 25-acre campus and identified no threats to the school, students or staff. Once police finished their search, students were allowed to leave BHS, beginning at around 2:45 p.m.
Parents were instructed to pick up students at the northwest corner of the football field.
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An automated call went out to parents notifying them of the incident, Tufo said. No one was injured.
--Bay City News contributed to this report.
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