Andrew Hill High School in East San Jose was evacuated and students were escorted to another school as police investigated a bomb threat made by a man seeking ransom, a school district administrator said Friday.
Investigators eventually determined the threat to be unfounded.
Police spoke on the phone to "a strange man" who told them he placed a bomb on the school campus and asked for a "ransom," East Side Union High School District superintendent Chris Funk said.
The approximately 2,000 students enrolled at Andrew Hill were being evacuated and escorted on foot a few blocks south to Sylvandale Middle School at 653 Sylvandale Ave., Funk said.
Police gave the "all clear" at about 4:30 p.m. But, before that happened, police also shut down the neighborhood around the high school, at 3200 Senter by East Capitol Expressway, as a precaution, Funk said.
The school district notified parents by phone that they could pick up up their children at Sylvandale, Funk said.
At about 1:28 p.m., a police dispatcher received a call that a bomb might be on the high school campus, according to police Officer Albert Morales.
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Police had students, teachers and staff locked into the buildings and the bomb squad was called in to investigate, Morales said.
No suspects have been identified and the investigation is continuing, police said.
Friday night’s football game pitting Andrew Hill vs. Leigh High School was postponed until a later date due to the threat.
Bay City News contributed to this report.
