UPDATE: L.C.I. to resume normal classes after evacuation on Tuesday

UPDATE 2: School will continue as normal Wednesday at Lethbridge Collegiate Institute. Police have determined, through their investigation, there is no evidence to suggest an immediate threat.

UPDATE: Lethbridge Police say they’re now investigating threats at L.C.I. and looking to see if there is any connection to a threat at Winston Churchill earlier in the day.

BACKGROUND:

First it was Winston Churchill High School, now a L.C.I.

The Lethbridge School Division evacuated Lethbridge Collegiate Institute around 12:30 pm Tuesday, sending all staff and students home for the rest of the day.

This comes only a few hours after Winston Churchill (WCHS) was evacuated following an unspecified threat. Lethbridge Police have been at WCHS since about 9:00 am.

No other details have been released on either situation.

Regarding the situation at L.C.I, the public division released this statement around 12:30 pm:

“Students and staff will be going home for the remainder of the day. Students who walk or drive will be asked to leave the school and go home for the day. Students who take the bus or will be waiting for a ride from parents will be kept in classrooms until the bus or parent arrives. Once individuals have evacuated the building, the school administration and Division office will be working with police to ensure the school is safe. Safety is at the forefront of decision making, and we feel this precautionary measure is necessary.”
Patrick Siedlecki
Patrick Siedlecki
Pat has been a mainstay in the CJOC News department from the time the station launched in 2007. He's been in the position of News Director since then and has been anchoring daily news casts as well as reporting and working behind the scenes. Community is important to him and keeping CJOC listeners and readers informed about what's happening across southern Alberta and beyond. Pat has been in radio broadcasting for the past 24 years, starting in Port Alberni on Vancouver Island in 1997 and then moving up island to Nanaimo for another few years before heading to Lethbridge in 2007. Pat grew up in the small Saskatchewan farming town of Foam Lake. After high school, he went to Western Academy Broadcasting College (WABC) in Saskatoon prior to moving to the island. Pat also spent several years broadcasting hockey in the BCHL as well as seven years as the radio voice of the Lethbridge Hurricanes in the WHL. Pat has been working at Cornerstone Funeral Home in Lethbridge as a Certified Life Celebrant and Funeral Assistant since 2016. News and sports have always been Pat's passion from the time he was a teenager and he's always been grateful to have had the opportunity to make that part of what's been a fun and long radio career!
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