Crime & Safety
Norwich Free Academy Lockdown Lifted [UPDATE]
Norwich Free Academy was in a lockdown Wednesday morning due to a "package of concern." The lockdown has since been lifted.

NORWICH, CT — The lockdown at Norwich Free Academy has been lifted. The high school was previously in a lockdown Wednesday morning due to a "package of concern."
The lockdown started at 9:50 a.m. and was lifted by 10:50 a.m. The school reported that students are safe.
Norwich Free Academy posted the following on its Facebook page:
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The lockdown at NFA has been lifted. We are moving into a brief stay-put so Dr. Nate Quesnel, our head of school, can share information with our students about this situation and provide them with details about the rest of our day. We will remain in school after Dr. Quesnel’s message to all of our students and staff.
If you plan to have your student dismissed early, please call 860.425.5788 to make those arrangements. All dismissals will happen at the main entrance of campus in front of Tirrell. Dismissals will not happen at the traffic circle near Latham.
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We will share more information soon about this entire incident. Our kids were safe the entire time and performed admirably in this situation. We are grateful for that.
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