All of the Shawnee Mission schools were in lockdown through Sept. 9. The Overland Park Police Department received a vague threat by email between 7:30 a.m. and 8 a.m. this morning.
“A person got in a fight with some people in Olathe and was upset about the result of the fight,” Overland Park police officer Michelle Koos said. “ was going to come back to a school, no specific school and was going to settle the score.”
As a precaution, gym classes were held indoors and sports practices were inside the building. During the day the school locked the doors and posted teachers at each main exit.
“I think we are pretty safe,” sophomore Jake Nobrega said. “ locked all the doors as soon as everyone entered the school, and we had staff members at all the doors, so I feel pretty safe here.”
![Junior Venti Neaderhiser and senior Dylan Paflas work on their robot March 21 in Room C. The robotics team worked on their robot, Fred, to prepare for the FRC Worlds competition. “I was working with the bumpers on our robot that protect [the] frame [for] when we hit or bump into something,” Neaderhiseri said. “We have put a lot of work into building and coding the robot and have run into many difficulties but we have overcome every issue.” photo by Jack Pischke](https://smnw.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/JPischkeRoboticsteam-7-1-1200x795.jpg)
