Ohio high school reopens after bomb threats

PEPPER PIKE, Ohio (AP) — Students returned to a suburban Cleveland high school today under tight security as police and FBI agents tried to identify the source of emails that threatened blacks and Jews, issued bomb threats and forced the cancellation of classes for three days.

No bomb was found and Orange High School classes resumed without incident, district spokesman Lou DeVincentis said. He said student absenteeism was up but he had no numbers.

Book bags and backpacks were banned as a security measure and students weren’t allowed to go to their cars during the day. Extra police were assigned to patrol the grounds.

FBI spokesman Scott Wilson said emails referred to the Ku Klux Klan and made threats against blacks and Jews, two big segments of the enrollment. He declined to elaborate on the nature of the threats.

The school closed Monday through Wednesday while searches were conducted with bomb-sniffing dogs.