A Lexington County high school was searched and cleared Feb. 6 after receiving a threat.

The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department reported via social media shortly after 10 a.m. that deputies were on campus at White Knoll High School “after a threat was directed toward the school through another school district's tip line. We are sweeping the school building and checking the campus.”

“White Knoll High School was evacuated via fire drill procedures this morning after a threat was directed toward the school through another school district's tip line,” Public Information Officer Capt. Adam Myrick told the Chronicle. “We swept the school building and checked the campus.”

The department posted a little after 11 a.m. that the campus had been cleared of any threats.

“While we worked to keep everyone safe and the campus secure, no one was allowed on or off campus except for law enforcement and district/school administrators,” Myrick said. “An ‘all clear’ was given later in the morning and normal school operations resumed.”

The exact nature of the threat has not been disclosed.

Libby Roof, Lexington County School District 1’s chief communications officer, told the Chronicle that the school was evacuated as a precaution while being searched by law enforcement and that information was communicated with families via a series of emails and texts from the school and district.

“We were able to return to the building and safely resume our regular school day once the search was concluded,” White Knoll Principal Nicholas Pearson writes in an email sent out after the situation was resolved.

The threat at his school comes after seven Lexington County schools and at least 11 in the Midlands received threats last week, with a 15-year-old Columbia high school student being arrested in connection with most of the threats.

White Knoll was among four Lexington 1 schools that shifted to e-learning Feb. 3 in response to threats, joining River Bluff High, Lexington High and the Lexington Technology Center.

This is a developing story and will continue to be updated.