WTAJ News has received the following statement from the Altoona Area School District based on Social Media alleged threat Monday evening:

“The Altoona Area School District is aware of the alleged threat against students at the Altoona Area High School. The Altoona Area School District Police is working collaboratively with the Altoona Police Department to take necessary precautions to ensure the safety of our students.

All schools will operate as scheduled tomorrow, October 4, 2016.

The Altoona Police Department issued this Facebook post Monday evening:

“We are aware of the threats on social media about the Altoona High School tomorrow. The school district is taking the issue seriously as are we. There will be extra officers in the area and in the school tomorrow morning. Detectives are currently working on the investigation into the threat. Due to the incredibly high number of messages containing the threat we are unable to answer each one individually. There is no need to send us the threat via private message. Any further developments will be reported via this page.”