Ellicott School District 22 sends students home early after hoax threats [Video]

EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. — Students were sent home early today in Ellicott School District 22.

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office says that this was a precautionary move based on an unknown threat.

The Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that the threats to the three Ellicott Schools are not credible, but they are still investigating.

News5 has made several attempts to the school district for information, but we have yet to receive a response.

School is scheduled to be back in session on Monday as Ellicott schools are on a 4-day a week schedule.

News5’s Piper Vaughn was there when parents were picking up their kids and spoke with some parents who have mixed emotions about what happened today.

Some parents got an alert, and some didn’t.

Lommie Hoffman, a parent, shares her struggles about the lack of communication from the school’s alert system. She tells News5 she has received those alerts in the past, but not Thursday …