Two Kitchener schools were placed under a hold and secure on Wednesday at around lunchtime for about a half hour, according to the Waterloo Region District School Board.
In a release issued at around 12: 30 p.m., the board said that Jean Steckle Public School and Janet Metcalfe Public School were placed in a hold and secure as police conducted an investigation.
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“We are investigating an incident in the area of Huron Road and Trussler Road in which subjects fled on foot,” a police spokesperson told Global News in an email.
“Officers in the area are searching for outstanding parties. This incident is not related to the schools, which were placed into a hold and secure as a precaution.”
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About 30 minutes later, the board issued a tweet which said that the hold and secure had been lifted.
The two schools are located in the Huron South and Rosenberg neighbourhoods in the west end of the city.
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