Students arriving to Highland Park High School in University Park on Friday will be greeted by tighter security after a sixth security incident was reported on Thursday.
Metal detectors will be available for authorities to search students at the high school. All students will have to carry their identification with them and will see an increased presence from police.
The FBI says they may start fingerprinting students in order to find any matches to the multiple threatening notes left at the school in the past few weeks.
The FBI is testing the bullets found Wednesday for DNA in an attempt to trace from where they came.
So far, no arrests have been made in connection with any of the threats. Officials said if the threats are connected, the person responsible will face felony charges.
Parents Concerned About Highland Park HS Security
Highland Park High School is under tough new rules after a threatening note was found in a stairwell Thursday afternoon - totaling the sixth security threat in the past two months. Some parents say they've had enough.
FBI Working to Find Person Behind HPHS Threats
First threatening notes, then live ammunition was found at Highland Park High School and on Thursday another threatening note was found. Police and the FBI are working to find the person behind the threats.
A $7,500 reward is being offered for information that leads to an arrest in the case.
Sixth Incident Since January
In what has become a recurring event, another threatening note was been found at the school on Thursday -- this time in a stairwell.
Three times in January and again on Tuesday, threatening notes were found in the same boys bathroom. On all but one of the incidents, students were dismissed early as a security precaution.
On Wednesday, students were again dismissed early after several .22-caliber bullets were found in a different boys bathroom.
With restroom access now restricted, the written bomb threat found Thursday was located in a stairwell.
Police said the note was very similar in writing and content to the ones found in the bathroom.
The school said in a note to parents that they do not believe the threat is credible and that students would not be dismissed early.
The Highland Park school district said it plans to continue to have an added police presence until it feels it is no longer needed. The district is also looking at adding security wands.
"I'm not ready to make that call yet," Superintendent Dawson Orr said. "That does fundamentally change the nature of how kids enter into school every day. Right now, we [have] a very heavy police presence. We think the wands would be a backup -- it's something we do need to evaluate."
The school released to parents the following note about Thursday's incident:
"Another threatening note was found at HPHS. It was found by a UP police officer at the top of a stairwell. We have no reason to believe that it is a credible threat, and we are continuing with the school day.
FBI agents and armed police officers are on campus working with school officials to question students.
We believe it is imperative that we not give in to repeated threats. We acknowledge the stress and anxiety that this has caused for our students, staff and families. Our top priority is to keep everyone on our campus safe and secure. The building has been repeatedly searched and determined to be safe. Armed police officers have been on campus all day. We are aggressively pursuing resolution in this series of highly disruptive events.
For those parents who wish to pick up their children, please contact the attendance office to do so. Standard attendance policies will apply.
HPISD will continue to update parents, students and staff through its emergency text-message system, email, and posts on the district website."
NBC 5's Frank Heinz, Kendra Lyn and Ray Villeda contributed to this report.
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