Lockdowns Lifted At Havre de Grace Schools After Police Activity

HAVRE DE GRACE, MD —Havre de Grace area schools were on a modified lockdown Friday morning due to police activity for a little more than an hour, according to school officials. Five schools were affected by the issue, which authorities said was resolved by 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 6; at that point, the lockdowns were lifted.

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Havre de Grace High School, Havre de Grace Middle School, Havre de Grace Elementary School, Meadowvale Elementary School and Roye Williams Elementary School were included in the lockdown, according to Harford County Public Schools Manager of Communications Jillian Lader.

The modified lockdown was put in place "due to a police incident in the surrounding community," Lader said in a statement after 9:30 a.m. "We know that some students are on buses and will be or are arriving at school at this time. Staff will be at the buses to escort students into the building."

School officials said there was no danger, and the measure — which included not participating in classes outdoors — was precautionary.

"There is no threat to our schools," according to the statement from Havre de Grace High School after 9 a.m. "This is done out of an abundance of caution."