Bomb Threats at Several Massachusetts Schools Monday

By MIKE CARRAGGI (Patch Staff)

WILMINGTON, MA - A number of high schools were reported to have received bomb threats Monday morning, thought to be the latest in a string of hoaxes over the last few months.

Police confirmed threats in high schools in Cambridge, Brookline, Ayer, Newton, Hudson, Leominster, Hopkinton, and Billerica (Shawsheen Tech), while multiple people reported threats in Stoneham, Tewksbury, Lexington, Marlborough, and Wakefield.

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The threats of the previous few months have been received by an robot telephone call. There is no word on how Monday's threats were received.

While the threats have become all too common, schools have struggled with how to react without overreacting. What would have triggered a school dismissal just a year ago now often results in a short break while law enforcement sweep the school.