DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. — All students were evacuated from Chaparral High School after a bomb threat was called into the school. The school was cleared as of 2:37 p.m. Friday.
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office began searched the school, which is near Colorado E-470 and S. Chambers Road, around 12:45 p.m.
All students are out of the school and in the parking lots, the sheriff's office said. The school will have an early dismissal at 1:15 p.m.
Paula Hans with the sheriff's office said they got the call around 11:30 a.m.
Investigators brought backpacks out to students as they cleared the school. Students can also return to the school around 3-4 p.m. to pick up their items.
No other details were immediately available.
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