Phone Threat Prompted Evacuation of Glen Rock Elementary School

Alexander Hamilton Elementary was evacuated after an anonymous phone threat to the school Tuesday afternoon, according to Glen Rock Police.

The call came in to the school at 1:33 p.m., the department said in a release. "A male caller stated that they should get everyone out of the building immediately and then hung up," police said.

Responding officers cleared the building and set up a perimeter, authorities said.

Students were taken to nearby Academy of Our Lady, according to a notice posted by the school district.

Glen Rock police and the Bergen County Bomb Squad made a sweep of the building for suspicious packages or explosives, and officers maintained a presence at other borough schools, police said.

Police departments from Ridgewood, Fair Lawn, Wyckoff, Midland Park, Hawthorne and NJ Transit also assisted in the response.

According to a report by the Glen Rock Gazette, Police Chief Frederick Stahman gave the “all clear” after about 90 minutes, and Hamilton parents were asked to pick their children up at 2 p.m.

Earlier in the day, Lodi High School was locked down after receiving an anonymous tip of a possible armed student around 10:30 a.m., NJ.com reported.

The threats came less than 24 hours after a gunman forced the lockdown of the Garden State Plaza from Monday night deep into Tuesday morning.

No threat was found in either of the school incidents Tuesday and students remained safe, according to reports.