Admins confirmed all students and staff were safe at the time of release, and the district was actively working with local law enforcement to investigate.
HOPKINS, Minn. — Students at three Hopkins Public Schools were placed in a "secure hold" Monday before administrators announced classes would wrap up for some at 2 p.m. due to a "potential threat."
School administrators sent a letter to families of students enrolled at the high school, North Middle School and L.H. Tanglen Elementary Monday afternoon, saying high school students — and their siblings at North and Tanglen who depend on the bus or their older sibling for transportation — would be released a little more than an hour early.
A high school spokesperson told KARE 11 students were placed in a "secure hold" out of "an abundance of caution" earlier Monday in response to a phone call to the schoo...

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