Willow Glen School Briefly Locked Down

River Glen K-8 in San Jose’s Willow Glen neighborhood was locked down Monday after an anonymous caller threatened a shooting at the campus. (mercurynews.com) San Jose police searched the school and found no evidence of a shooter, and the lockdown was lifted after officers determined the call was a hoax. River Glen’s campus is at 1088 Broadway. (mercurynews.com) (riverglen.sjusd.org) The threat hit a K-8 magnet campus that San José Unified describes as a two-way bilingual immersion school. The district uses ParentSquare for alerts to families and school communities. (sjusd.org) (riverglen.sjusd.org) Families across the district were briefly alarmed because a districtwide alert reached households beyond River Glen. San José Unified says it serves about 25,000 students across 41 schools. (mercurynews.com) (sjusd.org) River Glen’s safety page says every California public school must maintain and annually update a Comprehensive School Safety Plan. The school site also lists a district security number for non-emergency safety concerns and directs callers to 911 for emergencies. (riverglen.sjusd.org 1) (riverglen.sjusd.org 2) The lockdown ended quickly, but the episode added to a recent pattern of threat responses at South Bay schools, including a bomb-threat investigation at Willow Glen High School in August 2024 that also ended with no device found. (kron4.com) (abc7news.com) For River Glen families, the immediate result was a short, intense disruption: a shooting threat, a police search, and an all-clear after officers concluded the call was false. (mercurynews.com)