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- A Pennsylvania school sent students home early this week after receiving an anti-trans bomb threat.
- Perkiomen Valley School District is embroiled in a debate over bathrooms and transgender students.
- An email claimed "bombs" had been planted at the school and a Target.
A school district outside Philadelphia sent thousands of students home early on Thursday after officials there received an emailed threat promising death and destruction if trans students were allowed to use bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity.
In a post on Facebook, Perkiomen Valley School District, located about 30 miles northwest of Philadelphia in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, said it had been forced to carry out an early dismissal after receiving threats "specific" to the district.