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Thursday, May 16 Safety Notification – Secure Ended at Roosevelt

The Secure at Roosevelt is now over. The Secure status lasted about 25 minutes.

As a precaution, we placed the school in Secure based on reports of a suspicious person. We appreciate ��Ӱ�� Police Department’s quick response in sweeping the area. They have given us the all-clear, and the district’s safety supervisor remains on site as an additional support.

All school operations have now returned to normal.

What is the Secure Action?
The Secure Action is called when there is a threat or hazard outside of the school building. Secure uses the security of the physical facility to act as protection. During Secure, all students and staff are brought into the secure building and all exterior doors are locked. Classes are able to continue uninterrupted inside the building.

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