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Friday, December 21, 2012

Falls High Briefly Put on 'Place and Secure Status' After Toddler Pulls Fire Alarm

Cuyahoga Falls High School faculty, staff and students were relieved to learn the fire alarm was tripped on accident by a 2-year-old.

Cuyahoga Falls High School was put on "place and secure status" when a 2-year-old inadvertently pulled a fire alarm at 10:51 a.m. Friday morning. Principal Anne Alfano said surveillance video confirmed the child tripped the alarm while in the arms of a parent. "To know it wasn't one of the kids was a huge relief," said Alfano. Once the alarm sounded, faculty, staff and students evacuated the school while Cuyahoga Falls Police and Fire assessed the situation, she said. When students returned to class, place and secure was briefly activated, then lifted. Alfano explained place and secure status is implemented to closely supervise students and to restrict their hallway movement. While the status is active, teaching and learning typically isn'…

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Cuyahoga Falls Police Department

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12:15 pm on Saturday, December 22, 2012

WTF was a toddler doing in the school!!!??? Any rules about visitors and protocol?   more ›

Monday, December 17, 2012

UPDATE: Cuyahoga Falls High School on 'Place and Secure Status'

The local high school has been put on a "place and secure status," according to a recorded AlertNow phone message.

  • POLICE & FIRE
  • John Deike
  • Monday, December 17, 2012

Updated 4:16 p.m. At 11:30 a.m., Cuyahoga Falls High School was put on a "place and secure status," according to an AlertNow message from Principal Anne Alfano. The message stated that school officials have been in contact with Cuyahoga Falls Police, and they believe there is no immediate threat. Until a final determination is reached, students will be kept inside their classrooms. Just after 1 p.m. Monday, the Cuyahoga Falls City Schools District sent out a second AlertNow message informing parents that "place and secure status" is not a lockdown.  Place and secure status is the equivalent to taking away students' hall passes, said Superintendent Dr. Todd Nichols.  At 2 p.m. Patch spoke with Alfano who said rumors began to circulate …

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Cuyahoga Falls High School and Cuyahoga Falls Police Department

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phil blackmore

10:34 am on Wednesday, December 19, 2012

I say arm a few teachers (after intense training of using a firearm and passing a qualification shooting skills test). The other thing is enforcing the death penalty for and perhaps making any violent offense a death penalty as well as any crime against a child. This country needs to get off its rear end and act tough on criminals. I am saddened by this event at my former high school (not to …   more ›

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