An anthrax scare at a New Hampshire high school forced officials Tuesday to lockdown the building after a mishap in the science lab.NewsCenter 5's Amalia Barreda reported that the incident happened at the Wilton Lyndeborough Cooperative High School.
A student removed a protective cover off a slide during a science class, and the slide may have contained dead anthrax that was 25 years old, officials said. The school went into lockdown mode as a precautionary measure until officials determined it was safe to release the students.
Students were allowed to go home at 4 p.m., but many parents were upset with the way school officials handled the situation. Some said that they were upset because they were not notified about what was going on.
"I am concerned that we were not notified by the phone about what was going on with the students," one parent said. "I am upset. I am concerned because we should have been notified.""We have no idea what is going on. We have a child up there, and we know that she has been up there since 11:30 a.m. in lockdown," one mother said. "We are trying to get her out of there."
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A student removed a protective cover off a slide during a science class, and the slide may have contained dead anthrax that was 25 years old, officials said. The school went into lockdown mode as a precautionary measure until officials determined it was safe to release the students.
Students were allowed to go home at 4 p.m., but many parents were upset with the way school officials handled the situation. Some said that they were upset because they were not notified about what was going on.
"I am concerned that we were not notified by the phone about what was going on with the students," one parent said. "I am upset. I am concerned because we should have been notified.""We have no idea what is going on. We have a child up there, and we know that she has been up there since 11:30 a.m. in lockdown," one mother said. "We are trying to get her out of there."
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