Our students will be brought back to their home schools as soon as possible. Parents, please do not report to Forsyth Tech as the campus is on lockdown and following the shelter in place protocol. We have no reports of injury at this time but will keep you updated with more information. Students who were attending events at Forsyth Tech are with their school representatives. Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools students are also accounted for, according to a representative. Rice, Superintendent of Stokes County Schools We do not anticipate there is a threat to any of our schools in Stokes County at this time however, we have been in contact with our local law enforcement and will be providing extra security to our school’s this afternoon. Again, there were students from Stokes County Schools on a field trip to Forsyth Tech during the shooting however, all students and staff who were on these field trips have been accounted for and are safe. This is still an ongoing investigation, and more information will be made available in the coming hours. The main bus from North Stokes had not arrived yet and that bus was re-routed back to North Stokes.Īs soon as our students are released, they will come directly back to their school campuses. Stokes County district administration and school staff are on site and have confirmed sixteen students from West Stokes, 14 students from South Stokes, and one student from North Stokes were on campus and are being held there by law enforcement. All Students have been accounted for and are safe. While I do not have all of the details, I can confirm there were Stokes County Schools students on Forsyth Tech’s campus at the time of the shooting. The superintendent of Stokes County Schools confirmed that there were Stokes County students on campus at the time. Early and Middle college students can be picked up as usual outside of Ardmore.” Buses are returning to high schools and are departing campus now. In order to ensure an orderly evacuation, WSPD, Forsyth Tech Campus Police and the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office are working jointly to release one building at a time. “While the investigation is ongoing, law enforcement is releasing students, faculty, staff and visitors from Forsyth Tech’s main campus. Just before noon, Winston-Salem Police tweeted confirmation that there is no active shooter on the Forsyth Tech campus but there is still an active investigation.įorsyth Tech put out the following TechAlert just after 1 p.m. The Early and Middle College at Forsyth Tech, which is part of Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools, also sheltered in place.Ī second alert warned that there were two “armed and dangerous” suspects at large, wearing gray and black hoodies. A TechAlert was sent to Forsyth Tech students Thursday morning asking students to shelter in place due to shots fired at the Strickland Center.
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