Around 200 officers from the Austin Police Department, Department of Public Safety and Austin ISD Police Department and K9 dogs swept the campus in response to a bomb threat this afternoon. Students and faculty were held in third period for over two hours as police worked to secure the perimeter of campus and ensure students were safe. After police investigated the situation, they determined that the threat was not credible, and there was no danger to the campus. At 4:29 p.m., the McCallum community was notified via text that the secure hold was lifted. In a meeting with faculty after school following the incident, Principal Andy Baxa and AISD police thanked teachers for their quick response to the situation, noting that campus was secured in less than five minutes. Baxa also said that the administration's response to incidents like these is to always assume that the threat is real until proven otherwise. In this case, the incident was escalated to critical, meaning the administr...