For the second day in a row, school districts in Northeast Ohio were evacuated due to bomb threats.
Elyria City Schools posted on Facebook that multiple schools, including the high school and Ely Elementary School, were evacuated on Friday morning.
According to the district, all other schools are under a lockdown as a precaution.
On Friday afternoon, Amy Higgins, director of communications and organizational strategy, released a statement saying that the district received "multiple bomb threats across several buildings."
The statement continues:
"In accordance with our established safety procedures, we immediately moved students and staff to safe locations. As the number of threats continued to increase, we made the decision to evacuate all schools out of an abundance of caution. Given the scope of the situation and the resources required to safely and thoroughly clear each building in a timely manner, we determined that the safest and most appropriate course of action was to proceed with full evacuations and reunite students with their families.
"Throughout the day, our priority has been the safety and well-being of every student and staff member. We are grateful for the cooperation of our families, staff, and law enforcement partners who helped ensure a calm and orderly response."
In Parma
Greenbriar Middle School expedited its dismissal today due to a bomb threat, according to the district, which released this statement:
"A Parma School Resource Officer (SRO), who was already in the building, spoke with the caller and an assessment was completed of the threat. Based on this process outlined, the threat was determined to be low risk. However, out of an abundance of caution, we expedited dismissal, and staff assisted in safely getting students out of the building. Following dismissal, the Parma Police Department, along with our school safety team, administrators, and custodial staff, conducted a thorough sweep of the building. Nothing suspicious was located."
Multiple bomb threats on Thursday
A day prior, at least five schools also received threats in Cuyahoga, Lorain and Stark counties.
RELATED: Bomb threats disrupt schools across Northeast Ohio, as well as at News 5
School Security Expert Ken Trump told News 5 that the disruption is generally the goal. Trump said that when an institution receives a bomb threat, it's typically one of two things: a local threat from someone with a grievance — or what's called swatting, where multiple schools, organizations and locations are hit around the same time to bring police to those locations.
