Grafton High School Placed on Lockdown Following Reported Weapon Threat
403 Grafton Dr
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Summary
- Grafton High School and a nearby middle school in Yorktown, Virginia, were placed on lockdown due to a reported potential weapon threat. Deputies conducted a canine search and room-to-room sweep, finding no weapon. Students and staff remained in classrooms, and access to the campus was restricted to emergency personnel.
Timeline
Once high school buses have cleared the campus, deputies will open the access road for parent pickup. A dismissal time for the middle school has not yet been announced. All afterschool activities for both the high school and middle school are canceled.
Grafton High School has been cleared and will begin a staggered dismissal at 3 p.m., with bus riders released first, the York County School Division announced.
Parents and guardians are asked not to come to campus until school officials notify them that normal operations have resumed and dismissal can begin.
As of 2:22 p.m., deputies are conducting a room-to-room sweep of both schools to clear each classroom. Students and staff are able to resume activity in their classrooms once cleared, though they are not permitted to leave the building. Access to and from campus remains restricted to emergency responders and essential personnel.
Deputies with the York-Poquoson Sheriff's Office responded to the scene and conducted a canine search of both Grafton High School and a nearby middle school. No weapon was found during the search.
Grafton High School in York County, Virginia was placed on lockdown Tuesday afternoon following a reported potential threat of a weapon on school property.
Incident reported at 403 Grafton Dr.
Once high school buses have cleared the campus, deputies will open the access road for parent pickup. A dismissal time for the middle school has not yet been announced. All afterschool activities for both the high school and middle school are canceled.
Grafton High School has been cleared and will begin a staggered dismissal at 3 p.m., with bus riders released first, the York County School Division announced.
Parents and guardians are asked not to come to campus until school officials notify them that normal operations have resumed and dismissal can begin.
As of 2:22 p.m., deputies are conducting a room-to-room sweep of both schools to clear each classroom. Students and staff are able to resume activity in their classrooms once cleared, though they are not permitted to leave the building. Access to and from campus remains restricted to emergency responders and essential personnel.
Deputies with the York-Poquoson Sheriff's Office responded to the scene and conducted a canine search of both Grafton High School and a nearby middle school. No weapon was found during the search.
Grafton High School in York County, Virginia was placed on lockdown Tuesday afternoon following a reported potential threat of a weapon on school property.
Incident reported at 403 Grafton Dr.
Once high school buses have cleared the campus, deputies will open the access road for parent pickup. A dismissal time for the middle school has not yet been announced. All afterschool activities for both the high school and middle school are canceled.
Grafton High School has been cleared and will begin a staggered dismissal at 3 p.m., with bus riders released first, the York County School Division announced.
Parents and guardians are asked not to come to campus until school officials notify them that normal operations have resumed and dismissal can begin.
As of 2:22 p.m., deputies are conducting a room-to-room sweep of both schools to clear each classroom. Students and staff are able to resume activity in their classrooms once cleared, though they are not permitted to leave the building. Access to and from campus remains restricted to emergency responders and essential personnel.
Deputies with the York-Poquoson Sheriff's Office responded to the scene and conducted a canine search of both Grafton High School and a nearby middle school. No weapon was found during the search.
Grafton High School in York County, Virginia was placed on lockdown Tuesday afternoon following a reported potential threat of a weapon on school property.
Incident reported at 403 Grafton Dr.
Once high school buses have cleared the campus, deputies will open the access road for parent pickup. A dismissal time for the middle school has not yet been announced. All afterschool activities for both the high school and middle school are canceled.
Grafton High School has been cleared and will begin a staggered dismissal at 3 p.m., with bus riders released first, the York County School Division announced.
Parents and guardians are asked not to come to campus until school officials notify them that normal operations have resumed and dismissal can begin.
As of 2:22 p.m., deputies are conducting a room-to-room sweep of both schools to clear each classroom. Students and staff are able to resume activity in their classrooms once cleared, though they are not permitted to leave the building. Access to and from campus remains restricted to emergency responders and essential personnel.
Deputies with the York-Poquoson Sheriff's Office responded to the scene and conducted a canine search of both Grafton High School and a nearby middle school. No weapon was found during the search.
Grafton High School in York County, Virginia was placed on lockdown Tuesday afternoon following a reported potential threat of a weapon on school property.
Incident reported at 403 Grafton Dr.
Once high school buses have cleared the campus, deputies will open the access road for parent pickup. A dismissal time for the middle school has not yet been announced. All afterschool activities for both the high school and middle school are canceled.
Grafton High School has been cleared and will begin a staggered dismissal at 3 p.m., with bus riders released first, the York County School Division announced.
Parents and guardians are asked not to come to campus until school officials notify them that normal operations have resumed and dismissal can begin.
As of 2:22 p.m., deputies are conducting a room-to-room sweep of both schools to clear each classroom. Students and staff are able to resume activity in their classrooms once cleared, though they are not permitted to leave the building. Access to and from campus remains restricted to emergency responders and essential personnel.
Deputies with the York-Poquoson Sheriff's Office responded to the scene and conducted a canine search of both Grafton High School and a nearby middle school. No weapon was found during the search.
Grafton High School in York County, Virginia was placed on lockdown Tuesday afternoon following a reported potential threat of a weapon on school property.
Incident reported at 403 Grafton Dr.
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