Skip to main content

3 Fairfax schools ‘secured’ following off-campus burglary

WASHINGTON – Students and staff members were secured in place at three schools in Vienna, Va. because of police activity off school property Tuesday.

The “secure the building” status at the three schools was lifted after 1 p.m.

A spokesman for Fairfax County Schools say the order went into effect just before 11:30 a.m. for Louise Archer elementary, Flint Hill elementary and Madison High School following reports of police activity in the area.

When the schools are in “secure the building” status, students are brought inside and doors are locked but staff and students are still free to move around the inside of the building.

No one was allowed in or out of the schools without proper identification during the incident.

No one was injured.

This story was modified to clarify the three schools were not under a lock down but rather a “secure the building” status. Under a lock down, students are kept in their classroom and not moving freely in the school.

Follow @WTOP on Twitter and on Facebook.

Hail to the chief: Take our presidential trivia quiz

EDITOR'S NOTE: WTOP first brought you this quiz in 2019. Presidents Day is coming. How well do you know the less-important facts about the nation's leaders? Take WTOP's quiz — with any luck, it won't take you all Presidents Day to finish it.
Read Next Story