COLERAIN TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Pleasant Run Elementary and Middle School will be closed Thursday following a false active shooter report made Wednesday morning, Northwest Local School District Superintendent Darrell Yater said.
The closure comes after both elementary and middle school students were under a lockdown early Wednesday after the false call was made.
Yater said parents were permitted to take their children up early and were given instructions on how to properly do so. Pick-up began around 10 a.m.
The Thursday closures are in place to support the staff and students at the two schools, Yater said.
"This time will enable staff to meet and prepare how we will support our students to help process this situation," Yater said.
Both the elementary and middle schools will have extra counselors available for students on Friday, as well.
"Our top priority is the safety and well-being of our students and staff. Thank you for your cooperation and support as we work together as a school community to keep our schools safe," Yater said. "Always remind your children that if they see something, to say something."
The two schools are located on the same campus off Pippin Road in Pleasant Run near the Crown Hill Memorial Park and Mausoleum.
Pippin Road was closed in both directions near the schools at Cranbrook Drive while police investigated the threat.
The Colerain Police Department is still investigating the call's origin.
This is the second active shooter hoax in less than two months in the Tri-State.
In late September, Princeton High School fell victim to a nationwide school shooting hoax.
In the past three months, there have been at least five threats made at various schools across the Tri-State including an incident at Turpin High where a student was charged after allegedly threatening to shoot students and blow up a bus.
Since the start of the 2022 school year, there have been more than a dozen threats made against districts, schools, teachers or students across the Tri-State.
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