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Lake Oswego schools review communication, training after accidental lockdown at Lakewood Middle School
Summary
District leaders told the school board they are investigating an accidental lockdown at Lakewood Middle School on May 13 and have launched technical fixes, staff retraining and a communications plan to notify families more quickly in future incidents.
The Lake Oswego School District superintendent told the board the district has launched a review and taken steps after an accidental lockdown announcement at Lakewood Middle School on Tuesday, May 13.
Dr. Mary Kay Shealy, superintendent, said the prerecorded intercom announcement — "lockdown, lights, locks, out of sight" — was triggered at 12:26 p.m. when, she said, a student accidentally knocked a backpack into a front-office phone. "Although the lockdown message was triggered accidentally and there was never an actual threat, the fear and distress experienced on the campus was very real for our students and for our staff," Shealy said.
The district’s account said the prerecorded message played twice and that staff used the district lockdown protocol while responding. Because the incident occurred…
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