Reports of gun, medical emergency led to lockdown, shelter-in-place at Kennedy High

A lockdown after reports of a student with a gun and a shelter-in-place due to a medical emergency Thursday at John F. Kennedy High School are highlighting ongoing safety issues in the Silver Spring school, according to PTA President Ricky Ribeiro.  

Principal Vickie Adamson sent a community letter sent to the Kennedy High community Thursday, saying students notified security staff at the end of fifth period that “a student may be in the possession of a gun.” According to the school’s bell schedule, fifth period ends at 12:48 p.m. School staff called 911, and the school went into a lockdown at 1:01 p.m., according to the letter.  

According to police radio transmissions, Adamson called 911 at 12:56 p.m. after several students reported that they saw a student with a gun in his waistband...

...“These incidents are the culmination of what I have been complaining and advocating about for years,” Ribeiro said. “[There] has been a security problem at the school.”.. 

Reports of gun, medical emergency led to lockdown, shelter-in-place at Kennedy High   - Bethesda Magazine