KH schools go on modified lockdowns
BY DAN HILDEBRAN
Keystone Heights Junior-Senior High School and the elementary school across the street went on modified lockdown during the afternoon of Wednesday, October 16. Sheriff Michelle Cook said she ordered the action after two suspects, Quentin Foster, and James Lewis, ran from her deputies near the high school. One teacher said that during a regular lockdown, students must remain still. However, during a modified lockdown, the teacher or administrator locks the door, but students may still move around the room.
Cook said that while students remained in school, deputies established a perimeter, searched for the suspects, and employed tracking dogs to find them. While students at the high school had already been released, leaving only school clubs and sports teams in session, the parent pick-up line at the elementary school grew long, stretching from Highland Avenue toward State Road 21. Cook appeared on a social media channel, telling parents that with an increased law-enforcement presence, they would soon be able to pick up their students. The sheriff did not say whether the two fugitives were eventually apprehended.
