A viewer sent in a screenshot from PPS alerting parents to the lockdown.
PPS spokesperson Ebony Pugh said the lockdown would be in place for the rest of the week. It affects West Liberty PreK-5, South Brook 6-8, and Pittsburgh Pioneer Education Center. All three schools are on the same campus in the city’s Brookline neighborhood.
Pugh said a modified lockdown means no one is allowed to enter or leave the schools without an appointment. She said city and school police would be present as students arrive and are dismissed on Thursday.A viewer sent in a screenshot from PPS alerting parents to the lockdown.
PPS did not elaborate on the nature of the threat made to the schools or who they believe made it.
Source: 3 PPS schools on modified lockdown for rest of week after online threat made, spokesperson says
