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Hoffman Estates High School, located about 31 miles northwest
of Chicago, said on its website that the package was located on
the outer perimeter of the campus.
At the time of the discovery, the high school was serving as one
of the host sites for the Illinois High School Association girls
state tennis tournament
The brief lockdown came on the second day of the closure of a
school in the Chicago suburb of Skokie while police investigate
threatening posts sent to students via Instagram, a social media
platform, according to the website for McCracken Middle School.
The school called the posts "inappropriate and threatening."
(Reporting by Mary Wisniewski; Editing by Eric Walsh and Sandra
Maler)
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