Students at the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind evacuated after bomb threat

Students at the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind were evacuated after a bomb threat on Tuesday, according to the St. Augustine Police Department.

The Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind posted on Facebook that the school received an unconfirmed bomb threat and that some students and faculty were evacuated as a precaution.

The school said it was given the all clear and that normal school operations would continue.

Police say the bomb threat was called in just before 11:45 a.m.

The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office bomb unit responded and investigated the threat.

The all clear was given sometime around 1:40 p.m. and operations resume.

#UPDATE The school says it’s all clear, campus operations are back to normal. Police are letting parents on campus. @ActionNewsJax @WOKVNews pic.twitter.com/YmUiVDYxWL
— Elizabeth Pace (@PaceAnJax) March 12, 2019