In the wake of the killings at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Tex., D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Lewis D. Ferebee said the system would “continue to work closely” with the D.C. police and other city agencies on school security and on the well-being of school communities.
D.C.-area schools to step up security in wake of Texas school shooting
School systems and law enforcement officials throughout the D.C. region indicated that they would add security on Wednesday for reassurance after the mass shooting at a Texas elementary school in which at least 19 children and two adults were killed.
He said this would include a layered safety and security program with school security guards and with the D.C. police’s specially trained school resource officers.
On Wednesday morning, three D.C. police patrol cars were stationed outside of Roosevelt High School the day after a man was shot and critically wounded near the school building. One police officer stood outside the school’s front doors as students walked into the school about 10 a.m.
Also Wednesday, school officials in two Maryland counties responded to reports of threats to school buildings.
In Prince George’s County, administrators notified parents of a brief lockdown at Green Valley Academy in Suitland. The almost 10-minute lockdown just before 11 a.m., was due to a false report of a person with a gun on school property, said a letter from the school’s acting principal.
In Charles County, the school system was increasing police patrols near schools after a threat was made toward a local business and Gale-Bailey Elementary. On Tuesday a man called the school and business and “made several threats of mass violence,” the sheriff’s office said. The calls were related to people the knew at the locations and appeared to be domestic-related. Sheriff’s officers arrested a man Wednesday in connection with making the threats...and more
