For the better part of a week, outdoor activities were off-limits for the 500 students at Town and Country Elementary. Classroom doors were locked. Students couldn’t wait for parents at dismissal duration in front of the school, but were released one by one from the cafeteria.

The restrictions, which school officials sign a modified lockdown, followed a threat against a seven-year-old girl. The mother reportedly feared the father would harm the child. The parents are estranged.

“We’re going to err on the side of caution,” schools spokeswoman Linda Cobbe said. “We would rather not inconvenience anyone, but whether it’s a question of inconveniencing some folks versus protecting a child’s safety,

we’re going to protect the child’s safety.”

Town and Country Elementary first went into a modified lockdown final Wednesday. Students were kept inside and classroom doors kept locked. The school continued in that mode through the end of the week.

On Monday, officials allowed students to participate in some external activities, but they went back into a lockdown Tuesday following a new threat. As of that , the school is allowing students external for PE, but continues to control access to the campus.

Cobbe said lockdowns following threats against students are common, but it’s rare for one to final so faraway.

Original post by Letitia Stein