Park Avenue Elementary Evacuated Thursday After Threat Was Found
The students were moved to another location after a written threat was discovered.
The Freehold Borough Police were called to Park Avenue Elementary School today after a written threat was found. Students were evacuated to a safe location, First Presbyterian Church, where they waited for two hours until the premise was determined safe. Patrick DeGeorge, Freehold Borough Business Administrator confirmed that threat was a written note but was unable to discuss any other details of the threat. Students are now back in Park Avenue Elementary and will continue with the regular school schedule. Parents were notified about the threat through the school’s messaging system. DeGeorge also confirmed that the Police are looking into this threat to see if it has any connection to the recent bomb threats at Freehold High School and …
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vanessa glovich
3:07 pm on Friday, February 3, 2012
Although it is disgusting for a person to even threaten young children, I will say the school did an excellent job at keeping the kids "in the dark" about what was going on. My son, who is in the 2nd gtade, thought it was no more than a big fire drill. I picked him up at the church and it was very calm and orderly there. If this "being" was looking for any type of panic, it was not received. more ›