Ferndale High School, Middle School placed on lockdown due to fake weapons

FERNDALE – Ferndale Middle School and Ferndale High School were both placed on a temporary lockdown Tuesday morning following a report of students with “items that appeared to be firearms.” In a message shared by the district at 10 a.m., Ferndale Public Schools Superintendent Camille Hibbler confirmed that the weapons were fake and said there is no ongoing threat to the district. Recommended Videos “Even when an item turns out not to be real, anything that looks like a weapon is treated as a real threat until we know otherwise, and that’s exactly what happened today,” Hibbler said. “I’m grateful to our staff and to the Ferndale Police Department for acting quickly, and to our students for following lockdown procedures.” Hibbler said school staff and the Ferndale Police Department responded right away to the apparent threat, and conducted a full search of the building and lockers, and accounted for every student during the lockdown -- which has since been lifted.

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