École James R. Henderson Public College on Henderson Boulevard in Kingston’s west finish. Picture through Google Maps.
College students and employees at École James R. Henderson Public College (J.R. Henderson PS) had been barely interrupted immediately when their faculty was positioned on maintain and safe as a consequence of a risk remodeled social media.
At roughly 11:38 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, the west-end elementary faculty was positioned on maintain and safe, the Limestone District College Board (LDSB) confirmed. This was executed “as a precautionary measure as requested by Kingston Police,” the board instructed Kingstonist in an e-mail.
“All students and staff were safe,” a communications guide for the LDSB stated.
The maintain and safe was then lifted simply over half an hour later, in response to the college board. The LDSB defined that maintain and safe measures are put in place “when there is a potential threat to school safety in the vicinity of schools.” Throughout a maintain and safe, “normal operations continue inside of schools, but exterior doors are locked, and students/staff are brought inside the building,” the board detailed.
Whereas the LDSB stated that was all the data that they had on the incident, Kingston Police defined that your entire scenario was as a consequence of a misinterpreted risk on made on social media.
In accordance with Constable Anthony Colangeli, Media Relations Officer for Kingston Police, the maintain and safe was requested by police after officers had been made conscious of a Snap Chat submit that talked about “Henderson School” and a risk to a pupil there. A guardian who noticed the submit contacted police, Colangeli stated.
Nevertheless, police then decided that the submit the guardian had seen was referring to a special Henderson faculty in a special metropolis. As such, the maintain and safe at J.R. Henderson PS on Henderson Boulevard right here in Kingston was lifted. However, on the identical time, two faculties bearing the identify ‘Henderson’ in Hamilton, Ontario, had been positioned on maintain and safe by police in that space, Colangeli relayed.
Kingstonist discovered no posts by the colleges or Hamilton Police on social media associated to carry and safe conditions, nor any articles from Hamilton-based information shops, as of time of publication. Kingstonist has reached out to Hamilton Police. This text will probably be up to date if/when extra info turns into obtainable.
