Wednesday, December 19, 2012
As a swat team searched the nearby area, four Parkway schools went into "lockout" mode. Here's how it unfolded as nearly 100 students and staff were locked inside Parkway South High School.
Parkway School District officials say the system worked as it was supposed to on Monday evening when a gun scare in the vicinity of Parkway South High left 100 students and staff locked inside until the situation was resolved. Parkway district spokeswoman Cathy Kelly said parents were not notified during the two-hour period that events were unfolding because the situation was changing so quickly, officials didn't want to send misinformation. The lockout at four Parkway schools began on Monday afternoon after a Webster Groves 19-year-old bought a shotgun, texted his girlfriend that he was going to kill himself, then proceeded to the area near Parkway South High School. No one was injured during the incident. The loaded gun and shotgun …
Monday, February 27, 2012
Pattonville High School was briefly in lockdown earlier this year because of an off-campus police incident.
Officials in a Cleveland, Ohio suburb said student safety "lockdown" drills saved lives and possible injuries in a deadly shooting spree by a high school teen, early Monday. One student was dead and four others wounded at the Chardon high school. The student shooter, a boy, was in custody. Officials at the Parkway School District said students at Parkway drill for safety/emergency "lockdown" situations. "Like everyone else, we're in shock and heartbroken for those involved (in Ohio)," said Paul Tandy, a Parkway district spokeman and director of communications. "It's such a tragedy." Lockdown, lockdown lockdown The Parkway lockdown system includes students and staff gathering swiftly in rooms and locking doors, turning out lights and …
Friday, April 15, 2011
A student has been banned from Pattonville High after bringing a gun clip of empty shells and striking an administrator.
Update, 1:49 p.m.: Pattonville Superintendent Michael Fulton told Patch that the student has been banned from school, but could not give specifics due to student confidentiallity. However, Fulton did confirm the district's due-process for all students. First a student would be suspended by a principal. The school could then hold a hearing for possible suspension referall. If the student is recommended for suspension, he or she would go to the board of education — who would make the final call on that suspension. Original Article... Pattonville High School banned a student from campus after the student brought a gun-clip of empty shells to school and assaulted an administrator on Wednesday. In a letter to parents, Pattonville superintendent…
