Lockdown (Highland Park) Highland Park High School is on lockdown as Police investigate a box of bullet shells found on campus, per HPISD.
— DFW Scanner (@DFWscanner) February 27, 2013
This is following a statement from the school’s principal, Walt Kelly, sent home yesterday:
We are asking all students to enter the building through either the front doors on Emerson or through the student entrance on Westchester. All other entrances to the school will be locked tomorrow morning, and faculty, staff, and campus security are instructed to be especially vigilant in the days ahead.
In an email to the HPISD community, officials said a box of .22 caliber shells were found.
UPDATE: The lockdown was lifted and students were sent home for the second straight day.