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Officials: Students, staff safe after Terry Parker High evacuated

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Bomb threats interrupted class at three Northeast Florida high schools on Tuesday.

Duval County Public Schools said Wolfson High School was put on a brief Code Yellow until law enforcement determined a bomb threat was false.

Students at Fernandina Beach High were evacuated around 10:20 a.m. after a student found a bomb threat on a crumpled piece of paper in a bathroom.

The note said a bomb would detonate inside the school at 10:50 a.m.

Officers and school employees searched the school and did not find any threats to students.

They returned to class around 11:50 a.m.

SCHOOL BOMB THREAT – STUDENT

Posted by Tiffany Oliver on Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Terry Parker High School was evacuated Tuesday morning because of a bomb threat.

Duval County School Police and officers with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office were investigating.

Police told Action News Jax someone called in a bomb threat.

Students gathered at football field at Terry Parker HS after bomb threat. (Jan. 24, 2017)

The students were moved to Arlington Middle School and were eventually allowed to return to the school.

Action News Jax reporter Russell Colburn is following the story. Watch Action News Jax and follow us on Twitter @ActionNewsJax for the latest. 

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Jacksonville police said Terry Parker High school was evacuated due to a bomb threat. Russell Colburn Action News Jax is working to learn more about the situation.

Posted by Action News Jax on Tuesday, January 24, 2017
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