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Glacier Peak High School in Snohomish evacuated for bomb threat

Dec 15, 2015, 2:06 PM | Updated: 2:44 pm

Glacier Peak High School was evacuated after a bomb threat was discovered on campus Tuesday afternoon.

The Snohomish School District announced that the school was being evacuated at 1:30 p.m. A bomb threat was found in a boys bathroom at the school.

The district said that students and staff were safe, and were dismissed from school property at the normal release time.

At 2:25 p.m. school officials were told that the school was searched and they were cleared to re-enter the buildings. Afternoon and evening activities on the campus are continuing as scheduled.

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