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Students, staff ‘not in any danger' following threat at Fayette Co. elementary school, officials say

FILE PHOTO: A 12-year-old student said she was “held hostage” for an hour on a school bus Tuesday by the driver as punishment. 

FAYETTE CO., Pa. — State police and officials at the Albert Gallatin Area School District investigated a threat made involving Friendship Elementary School.

Around 5 p.m. Tuesday, the district received a call regarding an "alleged threat a student made" against Friendship Hill Elementary School while being taken home.

Superintendent Christopher Pegg said officials immediately contacted Pennsylvania State Police and began investigating the alleged threat.

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Pegg said in a Facebook post that the threat was not credible, and that students and staff are not in any danger regarding the incident.

Officials did not specify what the threat was or who was involved.

Attention Parents/Guardians: We want to inform you of an alleged threat made after dismissal regarding Friendship...

Posted by Albert Gallatin Area School District on Tuesday, September 24, 2019