EDITOR’S NOTE: Originally posted at 11:22 a.m. Sept. 25, 2014. Edited to add photo, details. The school district does not consider today’s event a “lockdown,” which it defines specifically as a situation in the area in which students are in danger. However, Patch is choosing to use the plain-language meaning to communicate a situation where students and staff are not free to move about.
UPDATE at 1:31 p.m.: The school has been given the all-clear.
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Parents are being informed that another threat against Oak Grove Elementary in Aliso Viejo has put the school on lockdown.
Last Friday, officials were made aware of the first threat against the school. School and local law enforcement officials worked through the weekend to assess the threat and decided to hold class as usual on Monday.
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Today, helicopters are hovering above, bomb-sniffing dogs are seen on campus and this note has gone out to parents:
We have received notice from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department that another that was made involving Oak Grove Elementary School. The Sheriff’s Department has advised us to place the school on what is called Shelter in Place, because they are dispatching personnel to the school. I want to reiterate that our students and staff are not in danger, and the Shelter in Place is a precautionary procedure to ensure that our students are safe and indoors while law enforcement initially responds to this incident. I want to remind you that we are not able to release any students while a Shelter in Place is occurring. Please do not go to the school site as this can impact law enforcement’s response to this incident.
We have set up a hotline for parent questions 949 234-5575 and Spanish 949 234-5583. Please do not call the school, as it will impact their cooperation with law enforcement.
We will notify you directly as soon as we have more information and the Shelter in Place is released.
Stephen Nichols
Nichols is the spokesman for the Capistrano Unified School District.
PHOTO Credit: Erin Potter.
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