UPDATE:

Parents and Guardians,

We have now received word that “all is clear” and our walking Windsor and Westwood students are safe to be released from school and walk home as normal.  Our secondary students that were being held on buses will be dropped off shortly.

We appreciate the understanding of families and staff as this incident impacted our entire district and caused hardship and worry for some. We will continue to place the safety of our students and staff as our highest priority. 

Parents, Guardians, and Staff Members,

In Cheney Public Schools, we seek to provide a safe environment for all our students, some days this means placing a building or buildings in a shelter-in-place or securing the building status at the request of local law enforcement due to an unsafe situation near the school. This afternoon, following law enforcement directions and out of an abundance of caution, Windsor and Westwood were placed into a shelter-in-place status while there is law enforcement activity in a close-by neighborhood.  A shelter-in-place status allows students and staff to move freely about the building with exterior doors locked and with no outside activities allowed to include releasing students to parents and guardians coming to pick students up. These buildings remained in shelter-in-place until approximately 3:30 p.m. causing a delayed release time from schools. At this time local law enforcement has released the order, however, students that live in Windsor Crossing and are walkers are staying at Windsor or Westwood unless a parent or guardian picks them up or law enforcements says it is safe for them to leave. Secondary bus riders that live in Windsor Crossing are not being dropped off at their normal bus stop at this time. The delayed release is effecting student transportation across the district. While this is an inconvenience to our families, we will continue to do what is necessary to provide a safe place for our students and staff. We are working diligently to get buses routed to our other schools for pickup and drop off.