Update, 12:25 PM: “Two suspicious packages were located and analyzed and were subsequently determined to be non-threatening. The interior of the buildings have also been search for any suspicious items. No additional suspicious items have been located in or around the buildings.
Students and families will be notified via Infinite Campus once the building has been re-opened. Classes will resume on Tuesday, February 28th.” Via http://www.whitewater-wi.gov/residents/recent-news/3262-suspicious-package-found-at-whitewater-high-school.
Original post:
There’s news about a Whitewater school this morning – Whitewater High School was evacuated this morning because of a suspicious object. For an account from Channel 3000 WISC-TV, see Whitewater High School evacuated because of suspicious package:
WHITEWATER, Wis. – A suspicious package found outside Whitewater High School prompted the evacuation of the school Monday morning.
A release from the school district said the package was found at 7:55 a.m.
The school was put on lockdown and students were moved to the school’s auditorium before they were moved to Young Auditorium on the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater campus.
The Whitewater Aquatic Center was also evacuated and nearby residents were notified.
The Kenosha Bomb Squad was called to the scene.
Students can be picked up at Young Auditorium and vehicles can be picked up after the site has been cleared.
Any residents looking for a place to stay can go to the municipal building community room or the Irving Young Library.