Update: Students Return to High School After Evacuation

Updated: Thursday, Sept. 13 at 1:30 p.m.

Tolland High School was evacuated Thursday after administrators were informed of a potential threat at 8:10 a.m., according to a press release from Principal Dominique Fox.

The threat was written on the wall of a restroom, the release said. Following the school emergency plan, the school was placed on lock-in, until state police arrived at the building. Once emergency personnel arrived, the students were evacuated to the athletic fields in back of the school.

All Tolland schools were placed on a lock-in, as well, the release said.

State police, the Tolland Fire Department and emergency personnel searched the building and determined that it was safe.

The case is still under investigation.

Updated: Thursday, Sept. 13 at 11:56 a.m.

Public Safety Director and Fire Chief John Littell said that the students have returned to the school.

Updated: Thursday, Sept. 13 at 10:45 a.m.

Tolland High School has been evacuated, according to Tolland resident trooper Sgt. Scott Smith.

Tolland Patch has contacted the Board of Education office, but a staff member said they were not able to comment on the situation.

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has been placed on lockdown Thursday morning as police conduct an investigation in the building, according to Tolland resident trooper Sgt. Scott Smith.

No more official information is available at present. 

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