Germantown schools had a day-long police presence this past Tuesday after an anonymous tip that a student had threatened to bring a gun in. But, according a story in Saturday's Register Star, who first received the tip, nothing happened. According to the paper, a woman caller phoned in at 10:00 PM on Monday night and said she was giving an anonymous tip, and then said a student had threatened to bring a gun to school the following day. When asked for more information, she said it was up to the newspaper to do its own investigating, and hung up. The newspaper then passed its information on to the New York State Police and the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, who informed Germantown Superintendent Patrick Gabriel of the tip at 6:45 a.m. Tuesday morning. Relying on the district’s crisis plan, “we took immediate action, and, with the cooperation of the Sheriff’s Office and the troopers, increased security,” he said. Police were stationed at all school entrances when students arrived and stayed for several hours, after which a sole officer remained for the rest of the day. Talk about being prepared.