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Middle school on Southside evacuated for bomb threat

Students were sent to a nearby elementary school for pick-up, officials said.
Twin Lakes Academy Middle School was the target of a bomb threat Monday, officials and police said.

UPDATE: School officials at Twin Lakes Academy Middle gave the "all clear" just before 5 p.m.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A bomb threat was called into Twin Lakes Academy Middle School, triggering confusion for parents looking to pick up their children from school Monday afternoon.

Officials evacuated the school around 3:30 p.m. after the threat and sent students to neighboring Twin Lakes Elementary to board buses to go home, a spokesperson for Duval County Public Schools told First Coast News.

Scheduled student release time is 4:15 p.m.

The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office assisted the school district with the investigation.

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