Schools
Keeney Street School Placed on Lockdown After Receiving Suspicious Letter
Interim Superintendent Richard Kisiel confirmed the lockdown and the letter Thursday afternoon.
Keeny Street Elementary School has been placed on lockdown after the school received a suspicious letter that contained white power and a message about al-Qaeda, according to Interim Superintendent Richard Kisiel.
"Police are there, fire department is there, DEP is on its way and the school is in lockdown," Kisiel told Patch at about 2:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon.
Kisiel said administrators at the school made the decision to place it on lockdown after they received a letter containing white power and a message stating that "al-Qaeda is back."
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Kisiel said he had no further information to provide at this time.
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