Update 10:54 a.m. – According to an automated voice message from AHS, students are being allowed to return to their classrooms and normal operations should resume shortly. Students will be released from the gym and cafeteria in about 10-15 minutes and will then attend R3 for 10 minutes before heading to R5, which will run its normal length and include A, B, C and D lunches as usual. R7 will then occupy the remaining time left in the school day. Attendance will be taken in all classes, though parents may check out their children for the remainder of the school day.

Update 10:36 a.m. – Principal Vince Randazzo just spoke to students waiting in the gym, saying that “the school is back in our control.” Teachers have been instructed to begin preparing for class and are currently moving their cars onto the AHS campus. Students have not yet been released from the cafeteria and gym.

Update 10:03 a.m. – School is officially operating on a two-hour delay schedule, though students will remain in the cafeteria and gym for the time being. There is currently no parking on campus.

Update 9:40 a.m. – According to a FCPS PIO, at 4:35 a.m. this morning, the bomb threat was called into a newsroom and then reported to the police. A suspicious package was found in the front of the school and has since been removed, though it is still being investigated. Teachers are being admitted to a limited portion of the school as the sweep is finished. Buses are also entering the campus. School will re-open today, although the time has not been reported.

Update 7:57 a.m. – According to WTOP, a Fairfax County bomb squad is currently investigating a threat called into the school earlier this morning. Police say that nothing has yet been found, although police spokeswoman Mary Anne Jennings told WTOP that the threat was phoned into a media outlet around 4:30 a.m.

Original Post 7:40 a.m. – Students and teachers arriving at AHS this morning have been turned away. The earliest arrivals were sent to the parking lot of the Heritage Shopping Center, where they are currently waiting on further information. Students that traveled to school by bus have been told to remain on their buses, which have been stationed at Braddock ES. All other students have been turned away, told to go home by police surrounding the campus.

The administration has said that it is a school delay and is still waiting on further information from police in the area as to whether or not to send all students and teachers home for the day. Poe MS has also been delayed, as the buses to pick up students remain at AHS.

Check back for more information on the developing situation as details become available.