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UPDATE: Northgate High in Coweta gets ‘all clear’ after bomb threat

By Fran Jeffries
Jan 28, 2015

UPDATE: Northgate High School has received all-clear from law enforcement. Students and staff are returning to the campus in Newnan.

ORIGINAL STORY: Students and staff have been evacuated from Northgate High School in Newnan following a morning bomb threat, according to authorities.

Coweta County Schools spokesman Dean Jackson said the school received a bomb threat around 10:21 Wednesday morning. School officials followed

protocol and evacuated the school and took the students to a safe place, he said.

Police are on the scene to clear the building, he said. The school is located at 3220 Fischer Road in Newnan.

Please return for updates.

About the Author

Fran Jeffries is a Newsletter Producer. She joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2005 as an Education Editor. She worked as a Breaking News Editor and Social Media Producer before joining the Newsletter team.

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