Sullivan West Central School District lockout

Linda Drollinger
Posted 8/21/12

LAKE HUNTINGTON, NY — Sullivan West Central School District Superintendent Nancy P. Hackett said at the district’s September 18 board of education (BOE) meeting that, as of 8:47 a.m. that …

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Sullivan West Central School District lockout

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LAKE HUNTINGTON, NY — Sullivan West Central School District Superintendent Nancy P. Hackett said at the district’s September 18 board of education (BOE) meeting that, as of 8:47 a.m. that morning, both the Lake Huntington and Jeffersonville campuses of Sullivan West Central School District were in precautionary “lockout” mode, following notification by the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Department that alleged PA sniper suspect Eric Matthew Frein is thought by law enforcement officials to be somewhere in the Delaware River corridor.

Hackett said that lockout is one security alert level in the school system’s crisis management program. All students, faculty, staff and administration were made aware of the alert and emergency response teams were activated, but both campuses remained in session during normal school hours. The only deviation from routine was a ban on outdoor student activities at both campuses.

Hackett said that the ongoing secondary school sports field landscaping project provided an unanticipated security benefit akin to a border patrol: many extra observers outside the school building.

Daily alert updates are posted on the school’s website (www.swcsd.org/) and on its Facebook page (www.facebook.com/SullivanWest).

The next Sullivan West BOE meeting will be held October 23 at 7 p.m. in the high school library.

The Eldred School District was also in lockout mode that day, but the search for the suspected cop-killer is now focused in Pennsylvania near the border of Pike and Monroe counties.

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