(KMZA)--Both Nemaha Central schools in Seneca were placed on lockdown Thursday morning after a threatening note was found in a boys restroom at the high school.
The schools were placed on lockdown for about three hours.
In a Thursday afternoon interview with MSC News, Superintendent Darrel Kohlman said the precautionary measures were taken due to the nature of the note. "We went into lockdown and contacted law enforcement because [the] safety of our students and staff, we take everything serious," Kohlman said. "We worked with several agencies, starting with our local police department, the Nemaha County Sheriff's Department, and the Kansas Highway Patrol, with some outside other law enforcement helping out, and the Seneca Fire Department, helping secure our buildings and our grounds. After a few hours, we released our students back to normal activity, because we felt like the threat was no longer a viable threat. We knew that our students and our staff were safe and so we went back to normal operations in both buildings."
According to a news release from the Seneca Police Department, one student was removed from school to be interviewed, but was not arrested.
The release states that the investigation is ongoing.
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