South Gwinnett Principal: No Lockdown or Fire at School

South Gwinnett High School’s principal sent a letter to parents clarifying incidents at the school, answering reports there was a lockdown and fire Thursday.

Simply put, Prinicipal Eric Thigpen said despite reports on social media, neither occurred.

Thigpen wrote in the letter (see the entire letter below):

“In terms of the report of a fire on campus, we did have a faulty fire alarm that went off while it was being repaired. In addition, we had two students who pulled two fire alarms located in hallways. While these alarms created a disruption, there was never a fire and our students were never in any danger. As for the reported lockdown, we did have two fights-- one involving two boys and another involving two girls-- that school staff addressed. We did receive police support in the form of School Resource Officers and our partners from Snellville City Police in our response as charges were filed against the students.”

Earlier in the day, Snellville PD sent out a Nixle advisory that were was a “soft lockdown” at the school. A little more than an hour later, the department posted on Facebook that ”SGHS is not on lockdown at this time.”

Thigpen said in the letter: “At no time were we in a lockdown as it was not necessary because the situation was under control.”

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Update, 1:45 p.m.

Posted on Facebook by Snellville PD:

SGHS is not on lockdown at this time per an officer at the school with the principal.

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Original post

The Snellville Police Department sent out an advisory (12:27 p.m. Thursday) via Nixle that South Gwinnett High School is on a “soft lockdown” due to a fight.

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Snellville Police Department

Advisory: there is a soft lockdown at South Gwinnett High School (2288 E Main street) at this time due to a fist fight

South Gwinnett Letter to Parents, 12/11