High School in Lockdown - Updated

As of 9:30 a.m. this morning, the South Plainfield High School is in a lockdown.  A recorded phone message from Superintendent of Schools Jose Negron went out to parents and told them not to pick up their children from the school.

According to Negron, the South Plainfield Police Department is monitoring the lockdown.

Update:  As of 9:45 a.m. the students in the high school were evacuated safely to other schools and as of noon they were back in the high school.

Unconfirmed sources are saying that a student essay referred to explosives being in the building and that the lockdown and evacuation were conducted out of an abundance of caution even though the essay was not written  recently.

Reports also say that canine units are being brought into the school to check for explosives as an extra precaution.

Updates will be posted as more information becomes available...