Officials in the Twin Cities’ Hopkins School District say students in some of its schools were released early Monday afternoon “out of an abundance of caution” following a phone call that was “interpreted as a potential threat.”
District leaders say the call came into Hopkins High School’s main office Monday, leading to a decision made with city police to place the school and two others — North Middle School and Tanglen Elementary — on a “secure hold,” with exterior doors “locked and secured” and limited “movement within the building” while students continue their studies…