CORNELIUS, N.C. ( QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Students were bussed from a Cornelius middle school following a false pipe bomb threat on Monday morning, according to the Cornelius Police Department and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.

The Cornelius Police Department have shuttled students away from Bailey Middle School on Monday due to a pipe bomb threat, according to officials.

Police asked parents to pick up their children, but didn’t immediately say what, exactly, was happening. It was a pipe bomb threat.

A middle school in Cornelius was evacuated following an incident Monday morning, according to the Cornelius Police Department. The incident began around 10:15 a.m. at Bailey Middle School. ALSO READ: Grenade found in Morganton Goodwill forces evacuation Police are encouraging parents not to go to school.

Students are being taken away from Bailey Middle School due to a "situation," Cornelius Police said on Monday. The Cornelius Police Department posted on X that it was aware of a situation at the school.