Freshman Academy placed on lockdown

CLOVIS — Clovis High School’s Freshman Academy was placed briefly on a level 1 lockdown Tuesday afternoon on reports of a weapon on campus, but nothing was found.

“I think a couple of kids left campus, and they said they left campus because they heard that there was a gun on campus, so they told the assistant principal, who immediately called police,” Clovis Municipal Schools Superintendent Jody Balch told The News.

The lockdown went into effect around 1:45 p.m. and was lifted by 2:30 p.m.; police responded “and there was nothing,” Balch said. Classes were conducted as normal but all exterior doors were locked during the response.