UPDATE: Scotch Plains-Fanwood HS Students Let Back Into School, Bomb Threat Was Unfounded

Update, 1:15 p.m.

Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School students and faculty have been let back into the building after the police investigation into a bomb threat found no evidence of a bomb or any other danger.

Sally Rowland, assistant to Superintendent Dr. Margaret Hayes tells Patch that parents have just received an alert notifying them that no threat was found by police and all students and staff have returned to school. The high school will also have a normal dismissal.

Scotch Plains Police Capt. Brian Donnelly tells Patch the threat was an anonymous note left in a common area of the school that stated a bomb would go off in a certain time frame.

"Scotch Plains and Fanwood police secured the area, and the Union County Sheriff's Office and State Police also were on the scene," Donnelly told Patch. "The building was systematically searched with bomb-sniffing dogs and we found no evidence of a bomb or any other device. Everyone was safely evacuated. At no time was anyone in danger."

Police are investigating to find the person or persons behind the note; if found, Donnelly says they could face charges.

Three months ago, Donnelly says a suspect has not been found in that incident.

There were several other threats to New Jersey schools today, one day after the bombing at the Boston Marathon, including a and incidents in South Plainfield and Edison.

Original story, 12 p.m.

Students and faculty have been evacuated from Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School after a bomb threat around 11 a.m. today, according to the Scotch Plains Police Department.

Department personnel told Patch that police are investigating and that all the students have been safely evacuated.

One reader tells Patch that the students have been told to turn off their phones, as is procedure in these situations.

We will provide more information on this story as it becomes available.