BREAKING: Ocean City Elementary School on lockdown due to threat

12:45 p.m. UPDATE: The lockdown at Ocean City Elementary School has been lifted as of 12:22 p.m.

The threat has been deemed unverified, and all students and staff are safe.

School officials are working with law enforcement to dismiss students at the previously scheduled early dismissal time of 1 p.m. Parents picking up their children must use Keyser Point Road and turn east onto Center Drive. Law enforcement will direct parents through the route.

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WORCESTER CO., Md. – Ocean City Elementary School is currently on lockdown due to a verbal threat.

Details are limited at this time. We’re told the school’s emergency response procedures have been activated, and officials are working diligently to keep students and staff safe at this time.

The Worcester County Sheriff’s Office says deputies are on scene at this time and that the school is safe. The public is asked to stay out of the area due to the investigation.

We will be sure to update this article with the latest information as it becomes available.