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Sidwell Friends, Obama Daughters' School, Evacuated Due To Suspicious Package

Obama Daughters' School Evacuated
In this image released by the White House, President Barack Obama and his daughters, Malia, left, and Sasha, watch first lady Michelle Obama speak at the Democratic National Convention on television from the Treaty Room of the White House Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/The White House, Pete Souza)
In this image released by the White House, President Barack Obama and his daughters, Malia, left, and Sasha, watch first lady Michelle Obama speak at the Democratic National Convention on television from the Treaty Room of the White House Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/The White House, Pete Souza)

WASHINGTON -- One of the campuses of the private school that Sasha and Malia Obama attend was briefly evacuated Thursday morning due to a suspicious package that turned out to be a child's backpack.

Washingtonian magazine reports that Sidwell Friends distributed this notice of the evacuation through its emergency notification system at about 11:30 a.m.: “This is an emergency message from Sidwell Friends School. Due to a suspicious phone call, the buildings on the Wisconsin Avenue campus have been evacuated. We will notify you when further information is available.”

D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department told Politico that "that there is no evidence that the threat was directed at the First Family."

An all-clear was issued just before 11:50 a.m.

A parent told Washingtonian that just before noon, students were returning to campus.

This is a developing story...

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