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Phillipsburg High School on lockdown

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Students on social media said a note was written in a high school bathroom.

UPDATE: Bomb threat was cause for disruption to school day


Phillipsburg High School was on lockdown late Tuesday morning, but officials weren't immediately saying why.

Lopatcong Township police cars at 11 a.m. were blocking the main entrance to the new school at Roseberry Street and Belvidere Road.

Police said the school was on lockdown and it wasn't clear when it would be lifted.

Phillipsburg Mayor Stephen Ellis clarified to say it was a soft lockdown, meaning movement is permitted within the school but no one can enter or leave.

Students on social media shared a photo of what they described as writing on a bathroom wall. The writing said a bomb would go off and there would be gunfire at 11:30 a.m.

Phillipsburg High School lockdown bathroom noteThis image from SnapChat was making the rounds among Phillipsburg High School students. 

High school senior Tyler Simon said a number of students had exchanged a picture of the note. Simon was unable to get back into the high school after attending a program at Warren County Community College.

A person who answered the phone at the school referred all questions to the Education Center.

Superintendent George Chando didn't respond to phone messages and texts, and township police Chief Jason Garcia couldn't immediately be reached.

Photographer Saed Hindash contributed to this report.

Tony Rhodin may be reached at arhodin@lehighvalleylive.com. Follow him on Twitter @TonyRhodin. Find lehighvalleylive.com on Facebook.


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