The Edison Township Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district, serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Edison, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. *Of K-12 districts with more than 3,500 students. Liam Quinn is a breaking news reporter for . To get breaking news directly to your inbox, sign up for our newsletter.Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending. Staff writer Nicholas Katzban contributed to this article.Ĭheck back for more on this developing story. This incident occurred just two days after the first day of school.Īnyone with information about the call is asked to contact the Jefferson Police Department at (973) 697-1300 "Jefferson Township police have increased their patrolling near all the other schools in our community to ensure safety," the announcement said. Most remaining staff members were in the parking lot for the neighboring middle school, with some gathering to talk in small groups.Įlementary school students remained in school, the district said. Students had been evacuated earlier in the day, but some faculty were still on the premises early in the afternoon. Security personnel were seen holding weapons outside of at least one of the cars.įor subscribers: Bergen's 911 system was inundated with more than 11,000 calls for help during Ida delugeĬOVID: The mu COVID variant has been detected in New Jersey. Friday, including unmarked cars and vehicles from the Morris County Sheriff's Office. More than a dozen emergency vehicles were parked in front of the high school around 12:30 p.m.
Students were released once the area was deemed safe and the incident remains under investigation, police said. "The high school and middle school were immediately put into shelter-in-place and the Jefferson Township Police were notified and began their investigation," the announcement said. All students and staff of both schools have been safely dismissed, the district said.Ī call was received at the school at 8:30 a.m., according to Jefferson police, who did not offer details of the phone call. Middle and high school students in Jefferson Township were sent home Friday after a "possible threat" was made against the high school, the district announced on its website.
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