PLYMOUTH, Ohio — Threatening phone calls to five students on Sunday night prompted Plymouth to offer early dismissal Monday for students if they wished to leave, according to superintendent James Metcalf.
“We just had a threatening phone call that went out to five students,” Metcalf said. “We then let people know that if they wanted to leave or were uncomfortable, they could leave school.”
Metcalf said approximately 30 percent of students remained in class on Monday.
The Plymouth Police, Richland and Huron County Sheriff’s department were all called in to investigate threats, Metcalf said.
The school district’s Facebook page posted the following notice:
“The administration was notified at 8 a.m. Monday morning that several students received anonymous threats last Sunday evening. The Plymouth Police were immediately notified and the district was placed on high alert. Students were informed that if any of them did not feel safe they could contact their parents to pick them up.”
Metcalf said students have also left the middle school and elementary school throughout the day.
“The (authorities) have done a great job,” Metcalf said. “They’re working on tracking it down.”
Monday’s incident was the latest in a series of Richland County school lockdowns, bomb threats and other events that have closed schools or disrupted classes. Madison, Mansfield Senior, St. Peter’s and Lexington have all experienced incidents earlier this month.
