All 24 of Fayette County's

public schools were evacuated yesterday morning in response to an anonymous

bomb threat.

The buildings were searched

school spokeswoman Melinda Berry-Dreisbach. No explosive devices or other

suspicious material was found, she said.

None of the 19,620 students

in the system were sent home as a result of the threat, she added.

Fayette County 911 received

a call stating there was a bomb on the property of one of the schools,

but the caller refused to identify which school, Berry-Dreisbach said.

The caller was a young male,

Berry-Dreisbach confirmed. The school system and law enforcement authorities

are attempting to determine who the caller was, although filing any charges

will likely be left up to the district attorney's office, she said. Just

after noon yesterday, there was no indication who the caller might have

been, she added.

When school system officials

learned of the threat, each school was notified to evacuate on its "code

blue" plan, Berry-Dreisbach said. She estimated that the children

were outside approximately one-half hour, although that time depended

on the size of the school.

"It was very swift and

quick," she said, adding that no one was hurt while students filed

out of the schools.

The evacuations were performed

according to an evacuation plan that was approved by the state of Georgia,

Dreisbach said.

Law enforcement officials responded

to stand by and assist in the sweeps when necessary, Berry-Dreisbach said.

Emergency crews also stood by just in case their assistance was needed.

Administrators and custodians

were used for the sweeps since law enforcement officers couldn't be expected

to respond to each school, Berry-Dreisbach said.