In a shocking development, Saltash Community School on February 21 went into total lockdown after it received a bomb threat. Saltash Community School sent 'lockdown' message parents leaving them scared for their children asking them not 'to call the school' before announcing that things are back to normal. Saltash Community School lockdown message was taken by some of the parents as a mock drill, however, some of them terrified thinking that why they haven't been informed about this previously. Saltash Community School sent this message to parents at 9.13am: "Saltash Community School is currently in lockdown. Please do not come to school or call school. We will contact again as soon as possible. Thank you." Now, Saltash Community School has finally issued its statement of what actually happened and why the educational institution went into lockdown.
As per reports, Saltash Community School in its official statement said, "We wanted to provide further information following this morning's lockdown in school, which you were advised of by text.We received a bomb threat via a telephone message left on our school system this morning. Following our procedures we locked down immediately and contacted the police. They attended and have undertaken a search, following the information received. They believe the call to have been a hoax and have given us the all-clear to operate as normal.
"Whilst we appreciate that this was upsetting for many of our children and concerning for our parents, we had to take immediate action in the face of a possible threat. In the absence of information which might have identified the exact location of the possible threat, it is safer to ask students and staff to remain in their current locations. This reduces the risk of anyone within our school population moving towards any potential danger.
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"In line with our procedures and in order to manage the external communication around incidents such as this, children are not allowed to use their phones. This allows the school to deal with all communication including our alerts to you about such incidents and prevents false information from being released. While we are managing a serious situation we are not allowed to provide further information to our community, as we await further instruction from the police.
"Please be assured every decision we make is to ensure the safety of your children. Thank you for your support."