East Will Reopen as Normal After Threat Wednesday

The second threat of this school year, and the third in 2013, caused another evacuation at Cherry Hill East after the end of the school day Wednesday, but the school will reopen as scheduled Thursday, school officials said.

School officials didn't specify the type of threat or how it was delivered, but they emptied the school and canceled late activities as a precaution, and late buses were sent out to take students from the school.

"The Cherry Hill Police Department completed a thorough search of the building and declared that the school is safe to open tomorrow as scheduled," Superintendent Maureen Reusche said in a statement.

Wednesday's incident remains under investigation, officials said.

It's the third threat in seven months at the high school—a threat in September closed the school about 15 minutes early, and was eventually determined to be unfounded.

A similar threat came in April, and caused a lockdown and evacuation.