‘One in all our worst fears as a father or mother.’ SLO County excessive faculties sheltered in place after risk

Two Nipomo excessive faculties lifted a lockdown on Thursday afternoon after the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office mentioned no credible risk had been discovered on both campus.

On Thursday morning, Nipomo Excessive College contacted regulation enforcement to report a threat that was “common in nature and never directed at anybody individual in school,” a information launch from the Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned.

Deputies arrived on the campus positioned at 525 Thompson Avenue in Nipomo at 9:30 a.m. to research the risk.

Nipomo High School and the adjoining Central Coast New Tech High School sheltered in place whereas sheriff’s deputies, detectives and K9s, the Division of Fish and Wildlife and the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Workplace searched the campuses.

“Following an exhaustive search by regulation enforcement, the risk was deemed not credible,” the discharge mentioned.

The lockdown was lifted at about 3:06 p.m., in line with an e-mail from Lucia Mar Unified College District spokesperson Amy Jacobs.

Investigation into the incident was ongoing and no additional info was obtainable as of Thursday afternoon, the discharge mentioned.

Regulation enforcement carried out a ‘full sweep’ of campus

Regulation enforcement carried out a “full sweep of the campus” on Thursday, Jacobs wrote in an e-mail.

“It is a prolonged course of, however scholar and workers security stay a prime precedence for us,” she mentioned throughout the lockdown at 11:40 a.m.

Exterior the campus, a CHP officer blocked folks from accessing the faculties.

“We’re simply right here to help, to know who’s getting in, who’s going out,” CHP Officer Kaleo Clissold advised The Tribune on the scene.

At about 12:15 p.m., regulation enforcement allowed mother and father to select up their kids from two preschools behind Nipomo Excessive College, CHP Officer Anthony Ingram mentioned. An officer escorted these mother and father on and off campus.

College students sheltering in place within the excessive faculties have been served lunch on campus whereas ready to be launched, Jacobs mentioned in an e-mail at 12:56 p.m.

“The vast majority of college students have been fed and the remaining are getting fed now,” Jacobs mentioned. “College students are in a position to be escorted to make use of the restroom.”

Mallory Ponder stood throughout the road from Nipomo Excessive College ready for her son to be launched from the shelter in place on Thursday afternoon.

“It’s one in every of our worst fears as a father or mother … for our youngsters to be locked in campus and us not likely having any exterior info,” she mentioned.

Ponder mentioned she didn’t recognize the way in which the college dealt with the incident, noting she was not allowed to take away her son from campus and the college didn’t share info along with her in regards to the risk, she mentioned.

“I’m truthfully questioning whether or not to drag my son out,” she mentioned.

Nipomo Excessive College and Central Coast New Tech Excessive College lifted the shelter in place round 3:06 p.m. when regulation enforcement decided there was no credible risk on campus.

“After faculty launch and pickup will proceed as regular in the present day,” Jacobs mentioned in an e-mail. “Athletics and after faculty actions will proceed as scheduled. Any sports activities that had early departures scheduled for in the present day will likely be rescheduled.”

Regulation enforcement remained on campus on Thursday afternoon as a precaution, she mentioned.

“We acknowledge that in the present day has been troublesome and we really recognize your help as we prioritize the protection of our college students and workers,” Jacobs mentioned. “We take any risk critically and we’ll proceed to work intently with our regulation enforcement companions to help of their investigation.”

Menace investigation at one other Central Coast highschool

The Santa Maria Police Division investigated a threat to Santa Maria High School early Thursday morning, the company mentioned in a Fb submit.

At about 12 a.m. on Thursday, the FBI notified police a couple of risk to the highschool circulating on social media.

Police contacted a 14-year-old scholar concerned with the social media submit and investigated “the validity of the risk,” the submit mentioned.

“It was later decided that the {photograph} used within the submit was recirculated from Google and was not taken by the scholar,” the submit mentioned.

Regulation enforcement “decided there was no credible risk towards the college.”