AURORA – Metea Valley High School went on lockdown briefly Monday afternoon while police and school officials investigated the legitimacy of a bomb threat.
Aurora police spokesman Dan Ferrelli said about noon a student found a piece of paper in a bathroom with a note written on it. Although the information in the bomb threat was found not to be credible, police and school officials still conducted a search of the area as a precaution.
Ferrelli said the soft lockdown was lifted within a half hour.
A message from Principal Darrell Echols went out to parents of Metea Valley students about 12:20 p.m. about the threat.
“The Aurora Police determined there is no credible threat to our school and at no time were our students or staff in any danger. We will continue to make safety a high priority at Metea Valley High School,” Echols said in the message.
Ferrelli said police do not take any bomb threat lightly and will continue to work with school officials to find out who wrote the note.
He said depending on the severity of the incident, students involved in a potential threat could face misdemeanor or felony disorderly conduct charges.
On Oct. 30, all after-school activities at another Indian Prairie District 204 high school were cancelled as the result of a bomb threat. Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville cancelled a regional volleyball game and a symphony orchestra concert because of the threat. Police and school officials at Neuqua Valley searched the school twice Oct. 30 before the school opened under tighter security on Oct. 31.