High schools in Detroit, Jackson, Ann Arbor, Okemos and Portage were the victims of the prank calls, state police said. In early February, local, state and federal law enforcement teams were deployed to at least seven high schools across Michigan after false threats known as "swatting" were made in what some officials called a "coordinated campaign," causing students to be evacuated or sent into lockdown mode.
On April 10, Forest Parl Elementary School in Eastpointe closed due to "multiple threatening phone calls" in the morning, according to the school district.
Other threats have been made against Macomb County and other schools. "In coordination with school officials, the decision was made to dismiss the student body for the day," police said.Īnyone with information about the threat should call Clinton Township Police Detective Decker at (586) 493-7846. Students were dismissed by classroom and police officers were present while they were released from the school, the district said.Ĭlinton Township police are investigating, officials said. The Chippewa Valley threat comes amid a rash of false alarms at schools in Metro Detroit and around the state in the past five months.ĭistrict officials also said no other Chippewa Valley school is being affected and all remain in session for the day. "We decided to do this out of an abundance of caution. "We are dismissing Chippewa Valley High School students early today while police investigate a threat that was made to a student at the school," the district said in a post on its official Facebook page around 9 a.m. The school was put into lockdown and then students were later dismissed. The call was made from a Florida area code, they also said. School district officials said later and in a letter to parents that a student received the threat Sunday night by phone. Students at Chippewa Valley High School in Clinton Township Monday were dismissed early due to a threat, school officials said.Īuthorities said early Monday the threat was reported from an unknown phone number.
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