'No Cause For Concern' After Red Oak Bomb Threat: HP Mayor

HIGHLAND PARK, IL — Classes at Red Oak Elementary School will resume on a normal schedule Thursday morning after police found no evidence of a bomb after a threat was called into the school, Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering said.

In a social media post, Rotering said that first responders found no sign of a bomb and that officials had given the all-clear sign for classes to resume at 11:30 a.m.

"There is no cause for concern," the Mayor wrote.

Red Oak Elementary students were evacuated Thursday morning and moved to another school after a bomb threat was called into the school, North Shore District 112 officials said.

The students were moved to Sherwood Elementary as officials investigate the threat, officials said in a social media post. Parents are asked to avoid coming to either school. All other schools in the districts are operating on a normal schedule, the district said.

In a statement posted to social media, District 112 Superintendent Michael Lubelfield said that an initial search was completed at Red Oak Thursday morning following a bomb threat. Nothing was found during the initial search.