Concern Sparks WCHS Lock-In
September 28, 2019 at 12:03 a.m.
By Jackie [email protected]
“Officials at Warsaw Community Schools received notification of a potential safety concern at Warsaw Community High School,” according to a news release from Warsaw Community Schools.
WCS Superintendent Dr. David Hoffert said the lock-in started between 12:30 and 12:45 p.m. and ended at 1:45 p.m.
“Local authorities were able to quickly confirm that the aforementioned safety concern is a noncredible threat to student safety,” the release said.
Hoffert would not give details on what the security threat was, citing student safety. He said the school district doesn’t know where the threat came from, but it’s being investigated.
However, like last week’s threat, the school district did not think the threat was credible, Hoffert said.
“It was a precautionary lock-in,” Hoffert said. “We’re always working with our local law enforcement to help keep our students safe.”
Hoffert said the district never wants to make an assumption of whether a possible threat is credible or not.
“When it comes to a lock-in, it’s our lowest level of threat,” Hoffert said. He said the district asks students to stay out of the hallway and the school limits who comes in and out of the school.
The lock-in was initiated to allow administrators and police to conduct an investigation, the release said. The lock-in status allows classroom activities to continue as planned.
Activities and parent pick-up were planned to continue as scheduled.
“WCS can and will prosecute to the fullest extent of the law when threats or false safety reports are made. These situations are both disruptive and unnecessarily alarming and as such will not be tolerated by WCS or local authorities,” the release said.
WCS encourages anyone who may know information regarding the incident to report it to local police.
“Officials at Warsaw Community Schools received notification of a potential safety concern at Warsaw Community High School,” according to a news release from Warsaw Community Schools.
WCS Superintendent Dr. David Hoffert said the lock-in started between 12:30 and 12:45 p.m. and ended at 1:45 p.m.
“Local authorities were able to quickly confirm that the aforementioned safety concern is a noncredible threat to student safety,” the release said.
Hoffert would not give details on what the security threat was, citing student safety. He said the school district doesn’t know where the threat came from, but it’s being investigated.
However, like last week’s threat, the school district did not think the threat was credible, Hoffert said.
“It was a precautionary lock-in,” Hoffert said. “We’re always working with our local law enforcement to help keep our students safe.”
Hoffert said the district never wants to make an assumption of whether a possible threat is credible or not.
“When it comes to a lock-in, it’s our lowest level of threat,” Hoffert said. He said the district asks students to stay out of the hallway and the school limits who comes in and out of the school.
The lock-in was initiated to allow administrators and police to conduct an investigation, the release said. The lock-in status allows classroom activities to continue as planned.
Activities and parent pick-up were planned to continue as scheduled.
“WCS can and will prosecute to the fullest extent of the law when threats or false safety reports are made. These situations are both disruptive and unnecessarily alarming and as such will not be tolerated by WCS or local authorities,” the release said.
WCS encourages anyone who may know information regarding the incident to report it to local police.
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