Brownsville Area School District in Fayette County moved to remote instruction Thursday after an intruder entered the middle school again in the early morning hours.
Dr. Kristin D. Martin, Acting Superintendent of Schools, said that someone broke a window and entered the middle school, triggering the alarm system.
The district’s Director of Security, Alec Hamilton, chased the intruder out of the building.
State police responded and continue to investigate.
Martin said the school chose to move to a remote learning day out of an abundance of caution, fo repairs to be made and for police to investigate.
“At this time, there is no immediate threat to the safety of the district,” Martin said in the letter to parents. “We understand that incidents of this nature can be concerning, and we want to assure you that we are taking every precaution to ensure the continued safety and security of our students and staff. We remain committed to keeping our community informed as new information becomes available.”
This comes a day after the district said an “unauthorized individual” got inside the Middle School. The person left before police arrived but troopers searched the building to make sure it was safe.
We asked Hamilton what his security team plans to do in the days and weeks ahead to put parents’ minds at ease.
“Aside from the investigation with the state police, the security department is going through, making sure that all the rooms are secured when the teachers leave, when the custodians leave at night, that there’s no unlocked doors, there’s no windows, nothing that’s been left unsecured,” Hamilton said.
Channel 11 asked if the same individual that he encountered Thursday morning was the same person seen on surveillance video inside the middle school on Wednesday.
“I would believe so, yes,” Hamilton said.
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