Philomath Police conducted a sweep of Philomath Middle School on Saturday morning after the campus was targeted in a bomb threat, Chief Dave Gurski reported. No suspicious devices were discovered and the building was cleared as safe.
The call came in shortly before 9 a.m. Nov. 29 during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend when no students or staff were on campus.
“We notified the superintendent and the principal made sure there was no staff working there on Saturday,” Gurski said. “Then we sent officers there to lock down the school and the campus.”…