Ferndale Schools Lockdown Over Fake Guns Brought to Class

Ferndale Public Schools said items resembling firearms brought into class prompted a Tuesday lockdown at the shared Ferndale High School and Ferndale Middle School campus in Ferndale, Michigan. The district said the items were not real firearms, the students involved had been identified and removed from the building, and there was no ongoing threat. The schools share a campus, and the lockdown followed students bringing the lookalike weapons into class, according to FOX 2 Detroit. The station said its report drew on a statement Ferndale Public Schools sent to parents and a social media photo shared with FOX 2 that reportedly showed two students with the items. The district said the students had been removed from the building and their families contacted. It said they would face consequences under the student code of conduct but did not specify what those consequences would be.

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