Police said at 3:15 pm on Friday, November 14, that security statuses put in place at three local schools have been lifted following their initial probe into a threat of harm made against St Rose School Friday afternoon.

Police Sergeant Aaron Bahamonde said at 3:15 pm that a “lock-in closed” security status at St Rose School at 40 Church Hill Road has been lifted, as well as “lock-in open” statuses at the nearby Hawley School and Newtown Middle School.

“All schools are back to normal,” he said.

Sgt Bahamonde said police think that the threat against St Rose School may be linked to a November 11 threat made against Newtown High School. St Rose School is a parochial school.

“We always take threats seriously until proven otherwise,” he said.

As with the Newtown High School threat, town police are seeking the FBI’s investigatory assistance with the St Rose School threat, the sergeant said.