Francis Parker evacuated due to bomb threat days after right-wing attacks on sex ed program

Francis W. Parker School, 330 W. Webster Ave. in Lincoln Park, was subject to a bomb threat Monday afternoon resulting in an evacuation of students to nearby Lincoln Park Zoo. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

Students and staff at the Francis W. Parker School evacuated their building Monday because of what turned out to be an unsubstantiated bomb threat just days after a far-right group publicized a covertly recorded video of the school’s dean discussing sexual education classes.

The elite Chicago private school in Lincoln Park was targeted with an emailed threat that warned a bomb would be placed on the school grounds, Chicago police said. Francis Parker’s security team found the threat “originated from out of the country,” officials said.