Students Back in Class After Unsubstantiated Threat to Orillia High School
Police Give Patrick Fogarty Catholic Secondary The All Clear After Bomb Threat
Students are back in class after a bomb threat kicked off the school week in Orillia.
The Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board this morning said an unsubstantiated threat received at Patrick Fogarty Catholic Secondary School before the first bell meant students were not permitted within the school until police dug deeper.
Due to an unsubstantiated threat received prior to the start of the school day at Patrick Fogarty CSS in Orillia students will not be permitted into the school until the police have completed an investigation. Further updates will be provided as they are made available.
— SMCDSB (@SMCDSB) December 3, 2018
Officers combed through the school and gave the all-clear around 9:30 this morning. Students went to their regularly scheduled classes from there.
ADVISORY: Patrick Fogarty CSS in #Orillia has REOPENED. #OPP to remain on scene at this time. ^aw
— OPPCommunicationsCR (@OPP_COMM_CR) December 3, 2018
No word yet from police on the origin of the threat.
