Jacob Hespeler High School in Cambridge was placed in a lockdown on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB).
The board says it instituted the measure because it received an email which “was threatening in nature.”
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An WRDSB spokesperson told Global News the email was received at 12:39 p.m. and the school was then placed under a hold and secure. A short time later that was elevated into a lockdown.
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The board says that Waterloo Regional Police lifted the lockdown a short time later.
Nearby Centennial Public School was also been placed in a hold and secure as a precautionary measure which was also announced as being lifted mid-afternoon.
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