FARMINGTON — Mt. Blue High School students were evacuated from the school about 20 minutes before release time Wednesday after a bomb threat was found in a bathroom, school resource officer Bridgette Gilbert said.
The message was brought to authorities’ attention at about 1:40 p.m. and the superintendent was called, she said.
Students were evacuated to designated areas such as the athletic fields outside the school until dismissal time at about 2 p.m., Gilbert said.
The Maine State Police bomb-detecting dogs and handlers were called in to search the building but found nothing, she said.
Gilbert, also a Farmington police officer, and Farmington police Lt. Jack Peck and Detective Marc Bowering were investigating.
“We have some leads we are following up on,” Gilbert said.
All after-school activities were canceled.
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