PALO ALTO – A student at a Palo Alto middle school appears to be responsible for scrawling a bomb threat inside a bathroom, police announced Wednesday.
The revelation comes a day after a threatening note was found inside a girls’ bathroom at Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School at 480 East Meadow Drive, according to the Palo Alto Police Department. The threat said the author intended to bomb the school Wednesday.
The student who found the inscription reported the threat to staff members, who in turn contacted authorities.
The ensuing investigation determined that the threat was not credible, police said Wednesday. School leaders are “confident” they have identified the student responsible for the threat, and the issue is being handled “internally as an administrative matter,” the police department added.
To ensure everyone’s safety, officers were at the school Wednesday until the issue was resolved.
Police praised the student who reported the threat and encouraged any others with information about it to tell a trusted adult or contact police at 650-329-2413. Those wishing to remain anonymous can call or text 650-383-8984 or email paloalto@tipnow.org.
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