Students on Atlanta school campus evacuated after reported bomb threat, district says

ATLANTA — A bomb threat has evacuated students at a northwest Atlanta school on Thursday.

Atlanta Public Schools confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that its police department and Atlanta police responded to the B.E.S.T. Academy/Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy off Northwest Drive.

NewsChopper 2 flew over the scene, where students were standing outside the building

Students are being taken to Douglass High School on Hamilton E. Holmes Drive, where parents have been asked to pick them up.

NewsChopper 2 spotted other agencies on the ground, including Fulton County police and Fulton County Sheriff’s Office.

We have a crew on the ground working to learn more for LIVE updates on Channel 2 Action News at Noon.

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