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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Tenn. – CMCSS and Cheatham County schools were placed on a system-wide modified lockdown Thursday morning.

The lockdown was lifted Thursday afternoon around 1 p.m., according to CMCSS spokesperson Elise Shelton. All CMCSS after school activities and elementary parent conferences will continue as scheduled today. This decision was made in collaboration with city and county law enforcement.

Police will remain present at schools during dismissal and after school activities.

According to an email from the school system, the Clarksville Police Department notified the school district this morning that city employees received threatening emails against the employees, their families, and threats against unidentified schools.

Since there has been no specificity of schools, the system took a cautionary approach. Police are investigating the threat.

A modified lockdown means city police have a heightened presence at school, all doors are locked, and students remain in the building.

News Channel 4 has reported that Cheatham Dam Road is closed for security.