PLEASANT PRAIRIE — Students were moved from Pleasant Prairie Elementary School in Kenosha County this week after someone called in with a bomb threat, officials said. There were similar threats made to schools across the state of Wisconsin and the country. Most of the threats were made from “robocalls” which are computer-generated calls.
Pleasant Prairie police say the school received a voicemail message at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, May 23rd indicating there was a bomb in the school.
The students were transported to Mahone Middle School, where parents picked up their children or the kids took the bus home at the end of the school day, according to a Kenosha Unified School District spokeswoman
In the end, no credible threat was found. The school was deemed safe and students returned to class the next day.
This was one of several bomb threats to occur in the state of Wisconsin and across the country on this week.
Threats were also received this week at schools in Green Bay, Appleton and Port Washington; and at schools near Madison, Oshkosh and Kenosha. The threats resulted in evacuations and lockdowns. Some closed for the day, while classes resumed at others the next day.
