CALEDONIA, Mich. — Michigan State Police and Kent County Sheriff's Deputies were on scene at Caledonia High School this afternoon after a bomb threat was called into the building.
Supt. Randy Rodriguez confirms to FOX 17 the school received a call around 1 p.m. from a man claiming he was driving to the school's campus with a bomb in his car.
Students and staff in the school were ordered to 'shelter in place,' meaning they remained in their classrooms as usual, while police secured the perimeter of the school and investigated the threat.
Rodriguez said the decision to not go into full lockdown or evacuate students was made because the threat was external.
Dismissal of students continued as usual for the day but all after school activities for the evening have been cancelled.
Despite the the string of recent false threats, Rodriguez said the district must treat every instance as a possible credible threat, adding he felt his staff was more prepared to respond given the recent threats made toward other schools.
Bomb threats were called into the Rockford School District on Tuesday and Wednesday forcing students and staff to shelter in place. Godfrey-Lee Public Schools evacuated its elementary building Thursday after a threat was mailed to the school.
