# @macjournalism on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DHHhqRhvvWO
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/27348120-macjournalism-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-03-12T23:23:16.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** McCallum Journalism (@macjournalism) — https://gondola.cc/macjournalism

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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 administration turned responsibility over to police. Once police took charge, the perimeter of campus was secured within five minutes. 

Compared to the social media threat this past weekend, executive director of secondary school leadership Jonathan Smith said that today's response was more visible because of the nature of the threat.

"Depending on the threat, that determines the level of response from the campus as well as from law enforcement," Smith said. 

Smith said that because this is an active investigation, no further details can be released at this time. 

Baxa said that because Monday's threat was received before the start of the school day and was directed towards an individual student and not the entire campus, the response from authorities was less visible. AISD Police said that they did not evacuate the campus because the safest place to be during an incident like this, where there is no active device, is in the classroom and not in a centralized location. 

There will be increased police presence on campus tomorrow as well as district counselors for students who may need them.

Reporting by Julia Copas. Graphic by Nate Williams.

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| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
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| McCallum Journalism | @macjournalism | https://gondola.cc/macjournalism | Newspaper |
| Julia Copas | @julia_copas | https://gondola.cc/julia_copas | Reporter |

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