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Coop High students took an unplanned field trip to the Shubert Monday, as police cleared two New Haven schools — one of them twice— after someone called bomb threats into 911.
The first call came in around 10 a.m. The caller said “the new high school” would blow up within the hour.
Cops converged on Co-op, on College Street. The school sent the kids a block away to the Shubert theater to hang out until cops cleared the building.The kids swarmed back into the building around 11 (pictured above).
Police also checked the New Haven Academy building on Bradley Street, just in case. That’s Co-op’s former home. Officials did not clear NHA to conduct the check.
Meanwhile, police received a second similar threat, about New Horizions School for Higher Achievement on Hallock Avenue in the Hill. The kids were cleared out, the building checked. The kids were returned to the building without incident, according to schools spokeswoman Michelle Wade.
But the kids had to go back out an hour later. Another bomb threat was called in. At press time police were checking the building again.
According to police spokesman Officer Joe Avery, all the calls came from the same cell phone number. Police Monday afternoon were in the process of tracking down the caller, he said.
“They’re going to figure it out. They’re going to find out who it is,” Avery said.
