This is the note that police are investigating.

DALTON, Ga. — Almost 40 percent of Dalton High School students did not attend classes Tuesday following the discovery of a threatening note at the school the day before.

According to the state Department of Education website, the high school’s enrollment was 1,995 at the start of the school year.

Dalton Public Schools spokeswoman Pat Holloway said attendance was 61 percent on Tuesday, compared to a normal 95 percent attendance.

A copy of the note obtained by The Daily Citizen shows that it was written in at least two different types of ink and three different styles of handwriting. Part of it reads, “I’ve got an AR at home I’ll bring it tomorrow It’ll be the last day anyone goes to school here.”

In what looks to be the same handwriting, it reads, “You got any fertilizer and magnizem? I wanna make some really big fireworks 4 the party. (Really big!)”

In different ink and different handwriting, it reads, “Go kill yourself PS don’t come to school tomorrow.”

In what appears to be possibly a third set of handwriting, it reads, “I’ll look down at them when there crying and pop a slug in them.”

School officials and the Dalton Police Department beefed up security considerably at the school Tuesday.

“We had a lot of extra police officers there today,” Holloway said. “The administration team was walking around. The teachers were more vigilant, looking for anything that we might need to investigate. We tried to limit the students’ movements through the building.”

But Holloway said there were no incidents of any kind Tuesday.

“We had a very good day at Dalton High today,” Holloway said.

Dalton Police Department spokesman Bruce Frazier said police officers had also noticed no issues at the school.

A student found the note, which was turned over to the school resource officer, Holloway said. That’s when the police department started the investigation, she said. She added several students have been interviewed.

In a Facebook video message to parents Tuesday, Principal Steve Bartoo said officials still do not know who wrote the note or when it was written.

Holloway says the school will also be on heightened alert on Wednesday.