Aliso Niguel High School in Aliso Viejo was evacuated Monday following a phoned-in threat, but it was later determined to be unfounded, sheriff’s officials said.
The threat phoned into the school at 28000 Wolverine Way came in just before 8 a.m., Orange County sheriff’s Sgt. Michael Woodroof said.
School administrators immediately cleared the campus of teachers, students and staff as deputies scoured the school grounds and classrooms for any threats, Woodroof said. Deputies could not find any signs of a threat, the sergeant added.
School start time was at 10 a.m., so there weren’t many students on campus at the time of the threat, said Ryan Burris, a spokesman for the Capistrano Unified School District. After deputies cleared the campus of any threats, classes resumed at 11:07 a.m., Burris said.