Envelope Holding White Powder Closes School
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Investigators were trying to determine who left an unmarked envelope containing a letter and white powder on a school campus, police said, adding that tests had determined that the substance was not anthrax.
Green Acres Middle School was closed Tuesday and 915 students were sent home as firefighters in biohazard suits started cleaning up the powder that had spilled from the envelope.
A teacher had discovered the envelope outside the school office about 8:15 a.m. and opened it.
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