A Berks County High School and University were evacuated Tuesday over security threats.
At 10:30 a.m. Exeter Township High School dismissed students due to a possible bomb threat. In a statement on the district's website, Bill Cain, Principal of the high school said, "This morning we discovered a threat indicating that there could be a bomb in the building set for noon today. In response, we will be dismissing students at 11:00."[[351087041, C]]
at 11:18 a.m., Alvernia University posted on its twitter account that campus was being evacuated. The University's website pointed to a security threat at Alvernia's Reading Campus.[[351096311, C]]
Alvernia announced just before 2 p.m. that the threat was resolved and classes would resume at 2:45.
Students at Exeter will have their bags checked as they enter school tomorrow morning. All events scheduled in the high school were canceled Tuesday.
Exeter High School and Alvernia University are located about six miles apart.
There was no word if the threats were related.
