Atlanta schools evacuated after fake bomb threats

Atlanta Public Schools received bomb threats this morning. They turned out to be fakes but sent fear into families and sent APS into action. Fox's Kevin Stewart has been on the story. He joins us live from Morningside Lenox Park outside Morningside Elementary School. Kevin. Yeah, this has been an unnerving day for so many people, the students, their families, and educators. But the day started simply, just like it does every day, classes starting at 7:45. Then someone decided to call in a threat to those schools. Terrified. Terrified. Parents at Morningside, E. Rivers, and Springdale Park Elementary Schools got the morning call and texts from APS that no parent wants. Someone had called in bomb threats and campuses had been evacuated. That's everybody's worst fear is a school shooter or a bomb scare. I gotta go get my child. Well, it was in the classroom as always, and then something scared me because it just screamed out, evacuate, and then we went to that park over there. Morningside students eventually evacuated to a nearby A nearby church while canine swept through this and each of the other campuses before giving the all clear to return just before noon. The schools had to be evacuated for about 90 minutes due to yet another. Fake threat. They're very disruptive. They cause a problem in the day. And so we're trying to make sure that it's done as quickly as possible. What do you think is going on? I have no idea. And APS and Homeland Security are now taking the lead on this investigation. Zell was scared. She was even crying. Aw. And families are now having to have a tough conversation once again. Well, we was actually having a conversation now. So you feel better now? You sure? Yeah. In the middle. In the middle. All right. Again, a tough day for the little ones, as you heard there. Now, we do understand that parents were given the option to let the kids stay in school once classes resumed or bring them back home. But APS says it doesn't have an exact final number on how many parents chose to take their kids back home. Reporting live in Morningside, Lenox Park, Northeast Atlanta, Kevin Stewart, Fox 5 News. So scary for those parents. Kevin, thanks.