While apprehending those students, the officer discovered backpacks containing two loaded guns and marijuana, police said.Īt that point, EPD dispatched additional officers to the high school, who advised the school to go into lockdown while they detained suspects and searched and secured the building, a Thursday afternoon email sent to families by Superintendent Eric Witherspoon said.
Anyone not in the building should stay away. Traffic congestion will delay emergency vehicles.”Īccording to the Evanston Police Department, an ETHS school resource officer was alerted of at least two students smoking marijuana in a bathroom around 9:30 a.m. “If you are in the building, go directly to a room and secure it. “Safety alert! Evanston Township High School is on lockdown,” the email notice said. Thursday morning, Evanston Township High School sent an emergency alert to the parents and families of students announcing that the school was on lockdown due to an apparent safety threat. That means students have to request assignments a few weeks in advance.Īnd for any student who thinks maybe the teachers will cut them some slack, consider this from the desciption of several of the trips: “Students work to complete assignments on airplane and during study time at night.Police vehicles block traffic to ETHS. Some of the journeys will be during spring break, but most will occur during the school year. If not enough funds are raised, the trip will be canceled.”ĮTHS teachers and staff members will serve as chaperones. The students selected … fundraise until all students can attend. “The money goes to the trip, not to the students,” Campbell said, “so it takes away the stigma.” Scholarships will be available.Įach trip requires a variety of fundraising activities such as car washes and T-shirt sales.Ī memo about the trips notes that one “is run on a ‘fair share’ model. At a previous meeting where the issue was discussed, however, Superintendent Marcus Campbell said students should “not let any barriers” stop them from going, as “we’ve always been able” to work out the costs for those who cannot afford it.
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