Students are returning to New Bedford High School after they were evacuated due to an earlier threat.

The note was found around 10:15 a.m. and indicated a threat to the building.

School spokesman Jonathan Carvalho says students were returned to the high school from Keith Middle School, where they evacuated students in grade nine and ten , and the Nobrega Field House where they evacuated students in grades 11 and 12 .

Carvalho says police have swept the building determined it was safe for students to return and also have concluded the original threat was threat was not valid.

Normal dismissal procedures will be followed.

Carvalho says school officials are relieved that everyone was evacuated in a timely manner and brought to a safe location immediately.

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