*This meeting will be streamed live via the ETHS Wildkits Live Stream Channel on YouTube. This Board meeting will be remote and comply with the procedures set forth in Public Act 101-640. The Board President has further determined that it is not feasible for the public or for a representative of the Board to be present at the meeting location due to the health concerns related to COVID-19.

Based on the current public health concerns, the Board President of Evanston Township High School District 202, as head of the public body, has determined that it is neither practical nor prudent to hold an in-person meeting of the Board of Education on April 12, 2021. Officers located and detained all individuals involved, EPD said.Governor Pritzker recently extended the disaster declaration related to the COVID-19 pandemic for all Illinois counties and extending the ability of public bodies to hold virtual meetings in accordance with the Open Meetings Act.

Police determined that there was no active shooter, no shots had been fired and no students were injured, according to Witherspoon and EPD representatives. 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.

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