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Lehigh School Suspends Classes Over Violent Threat

A Lehigh County high school canceled classes on Friday, Oct. 28 after administrators received a violent threat. 

Lehigh Career and Technical Institute high school in Schnecksville was closed Friday after administrators received a violent threat, officials said.

Lehigh Career and Technical Institute high school in Schnecksville was closed Friday after administrators received a violent threat, officials said.

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Lehigh Career and Technical Institute in Schnecksville alerted police after receiving "a threat directed at the school," administrators said in a message on the school's website. 

Classes are scheduled to resume normally on Monday, Oct. 31, they added. 

The warnings came exactly two weeks after LCTI students and staff participated in a six-hour active intruder security drill, according to a post on the school website. 

State police are investigating the matter, WFMZ reports.

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