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New Berlin Eisenhower HS placed on lockdown

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By Brittany Schmidt - email

NEW BERLIN (WKOW) –New Berlin Eisenhower High School has been placed on lockdown due to a bomb threat on Thursday..

According to our sister station, WISN 12 NEWS, an email from Superintendent Joe Garza said a written bomb threat was made against the school.

WISN reports that Garza said that authorities do not believe an evacuation is necessary.  However, officials have placed the school in lockdown status while authorities perform a security sweep. 

Garza said the homecoming assembly has been delayed until further notice, according to WISN 12 NEWS.

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