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Fights, Gun Rumors At Atmore School Prompt Lockdown At Bratt Elementary School
November 7, 2008
Fights and rumors of a gun at Escambia County High School in Atmore led to the brief lockdown of Bratt Elementary School Thursday afternoon.
Ronnie Arnold, school district spokesman, says the school was placed under lockdown due to rumors about a gun at an Atmore area school.
Officials in Atmore tell us that dozens of parents checked their children out of Escambia County High School Thursday after rumors began to spread that someone had brought a gun to the Atmore school. Those rumors on Thursday were proceeded by a day of fights and altercations at ECHS on Wednesday. Authorities say no gun was found at ECHS.
Arnold said that rumor got passed around until it began to involve Bratt Elementary. A Bratt teacher received an email from a school employee in Atmore saying that “the high school” was in lockdown because of a possible gun. “The high school” referred to Atmore’s high school, but was possibly interpreted as being Northview High School, which is located near Bratt.
Bratt was briefly placed in lockdown as a result, and the Escambia County Sheriff’s Department responded to the school. Deputies determined that the school was safe, and it was quickly reopened. Shortly after the lockdown began, everything was back to normal at Bratt, and school dismissed as usual at the normal time.
“Somehow it was just spillover from the rumor in Atmore,” Arnold said. “There were no problems at all at the school.”
School officials in Atmore said that the students involved in Wednesday’s fights at ECHS were suspended and will be sent to an alternative school when their suspensions are complete.
Bratt Principal Sheryl Pomeroy did not return our phone calls.
Pictured above: Escambia County deputies responded to Bratt Elementary School Thursday afternoon after rumors of a gun at an Atmore School. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.
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2 Responses to “Fights, Gun Rumors At Atmore School Prompt Lockdown At Bratt Elementary School”
I would go to the school to get my there kids out for fights that breakout within the schools. and on lockdown when i here about them i will go to the school and sit there untill i here if it is safe again.
parents have the right to see that no danger comes to their children wheather they are at school or else where. i my self have in many years gone by went to my childrens school and brought my children home because of fighting. i would do it over again.