Bomb Threat Prompts Evacuation Of Lowell High School

4:47 PM: Students and staff were allowed back into Lowell High School in San Francisco this afternoon after police searched for a reported bomb, police and school district officials said.

The school at 1101 Eucalpytus Drive received a bomb threat in a phone call at about 1:15 p.m. and called police, according to San Francisco Unified School District officials.

Students and staff were evacuated and police arrived about five minutes later.

Police officers searched the campus but did not find any threat, police said. Students were allowed to reenter the school at about 4:20 p.m.

Scott Morris, Bay City News

3:44 PM: Lowell High School in San Francisco has been evacuated this afternoon because of a bomb threat, school district officials said.

The school at 1101 Eucalyptus Drive received the bomb threat in a phone call at about 1:15 p.m. and called police, according to San Francisco Unified School District officials.

Students and staff were evacuated and police arrived about five minutes later.

Police officers are doing a sweep of the campus, police spokesman Officer Gordon Shyy said.

Scott Morris/Dan McMenamin, Bay City News

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