Tait Street Public School in Cambridge was put under a brief lockdown on Thursday afternoon.
The WRDSB tweeting around 2 p.m., “Tait PS is under a lockdown while Regional Police deal with an incident on school property.”
They say students and staff are safe, but students will not be released from their classroom until Police have released the lockdown.
REMINDER: We ask that parents and caregivers of @TaitPS students please refrain from calling the school during a lockdown as our staff’s main priority is to keep our students safe. Any and all updates will be posted to our websites and #socialmedia channels. https://t.co/6BX9GIbo7x
— Waterloo Region DSB (@wrdsb) June 14, 2018
Shortly after 2:30 p.m., the lockdown was lifted.
They say it was in effect due to a “family-related matter that happened on school property” – everyone is safe, and the situation has been defused.
UPDATE: The @WRPSToday have lifted the lockdown that took place at @TaitPS due to a family-related matter that happened on school property. Everyone is safe and the situation has been defused. We want to thank our police friends for their swift action.
— Waterloo Region DSB (@wrdsb) June 14, 2018
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