LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Trinity High School canceled exams for students on Thursday, after police were called to investigate a possible threat.
St. Matthews Police Chief Barry Wilkerson says that police went to the school campus about 7:30 a.m. after a call from a TARC bus.
Police now say a juvenile from another school in the community made a call about a suspicious person that got off the bus near Trinity. The caller said the person was wearing a ski mask and what appeared to be a bulletproof vest.
The school then called 911 and placed itself on lockdown, and St. Matthews police and LMPD converged on this area. Other schools nearby were also on lockdown for a short time.
This is exam week at Trinity, so many students didn't have to come to school Thursday and those that did, did not have to be there until 9 a.m., so very few students and faculty were in the building. Still, police cleared the school to make sure there wasn't a threat.
Wilkerson says police searched the building and did not find anything.
"We have not spoken to that individual at all. Have not located that individual. We have talked to TARC bus driver that did see someone with a full face mask but didn't think that individual was suspicious at all," said Wilkerson.
St. Matthews Police will now look at video from the TARC bus to gather more information about the person that was seen as a threat.
Trinity president Robert Mullen says there was no specific threat against Trinity or any other school, but he says the decision to put the school on lockdown was appropriate. He says, "in this day and age we can't take real or perceived threats lightly."
"I think my level of worry, like every school administrator, is what it is at all times. It's high. We're living in a time of these kinds of occurrences, real and imaginary occurring all the time," Mullen says.
Information on the Trinity High School website shows exams have been rescheduled:
Revised Exam Schedule
Trinity will conduct White Day Exams 3-4 on Friday, December 21. White Day Exam 3 will begin at 9 a.m.White Day Exam 4 will begin at 10:25 a.m.
Green Day Exams 3-4 will be given after the break following this schedule: Monday, January 7 will be a White Day. To assist students preparing for the exams, during Advising on Monday, students will have two brief review periods for their Green Day 3-4 Exams. Green Day Exams 3-4 will be held on January 8 beginning at 9 a.m. Students without exams will not need to report to school on Tuesday.
Families with questions about exams should call 502-736-2112.
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