Elementary Schools Locked Down

Heathcote, Quaker Ridge and Edgewood elementary school were briefly placed under a lockdown on Thursday morning 4-22 at the request of the Scarsdale and Westchester County Police departments. An individual dressed in camouflage clothing and a heavy vest was sighted in New Rochelle heading north on Wilmot Road towards Scarsdale and the District was notified at 11:05 to place those three schools under a precautionary lockdown. Children were brought inside and doors locked. A Scarsdale Police officer was immediately dispatched to each building.

At 11:35, the police notified the district that the lockdown request was lifted, although a police presence is being maintained at the three schools until the end of the school day.

All is well and the principals at each building have been talking to staff and students as appropriate. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call your building principal.