All clear given after Broward elementary school evacuated due to bomb threat

Students outside Park Lakes Elementary School in Lauderdale Lakes. (WPLG)

LAUDERDALE LAKES, Fla. – An elementary school in Broward County was evacuated Monday morning due to a bomb threat, the school district confirmed to Local 10 News.

According to a spokesperson for the district, someone phoned in the threat to Park Lakes Elementary School in Lauderdale Lakes.

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The spokesperson said parents were notified that students had been relocated to an alternate site.

The Broward Sheriff’s Office and the district’s Special Investigative Unit are investigating the threat.

Shortly before 1 p.m., BSO officials confirmed that the all clear had been given and students and staff members were returning to the school.

No other details were immediately released.

BSO deputies outside Park Lakes Elementary School in Lauderdale Lakes. (WPLG)

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