Authorities give all clear at Westport school following text message bomb threat

Westport police and several neighboring police departments searched Coleytown Elementary School after Fairfield County Regional Dispatch Center received a 911 text message of a bomb threat at 7:45 a.m. The situation has been cleared.

Emily Knapton

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Nov 3, 2025, 5:01 PM

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Updated 14 hr ago

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A bomb threat at a Westport school Monday turned up no explosive devices and led to a two-hour delay for students.

Westport police and several neighboring police departments searched Coleytown Elementary School after Fairfield County Regional Dispatch Center received a 911 text message of a bomb threat at 7:45 a.m. The situation has been cleared.

Out of an abundance of caution, staff and students at the school were relocated to a neighboring school and school buses were diverted.

Coleytown Middle School was temporarily issued a shelter-in-place directive.

The Westport Police Detective Bureau says it is investigating the threat.