12:15 p.m. update from Canyon Lake High School:
‘Secure’ status has been lifted for all Canyon Lake feeder-pattern schools including LHS, Rebecca Creek Elementary, Mountain Valley Elementary Startzville Elementary, and Mountain Valley Middle School.
The schools went into a lockdown this morning after the Comal County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) received a 911 call.
Students and staff are safe and continuing a normal school day.
(Editor’s Note: This story was posted earlier after Canyon Lake High School announced it was on ‘secure’ status around 10 a.m.)
Canyon Lake High School (CLHS) and four other schools in the same feeder pattern are under lockdown this morning.
Students and staff are safe are continuing their day inside the building, Comal ISD said in a statement around noon today.
“There is no emergency on campus,” the district posted on Facebook. “The safety and security of our students and staff remain a top priority.”
Unconfirmed reports say an armed individual outside CLHS is the reason these schools are on “secure status.”
An estimated 20 Comal County Sheriff’s Office vehicles are in the school’s parking lot along with Canyon Lake Fire/EMS.
Other schools affected by today’s alert include Rebecca Creek Elementary, Startzville Elementary, and Mountain Valley Middle School.
In a statement, Comal ISD said students and staff remain inside the building and all outside doors are secure. Students will not be released.
“Secure means students and staff remain inside the building and all outside doors are secure,” the district said.
In a strange twist, the State of Texas and Comal County conducted a test of emergency notification systems starting at 10 a.m. today and many residents thought the lockdown was part of the drill.
Comal ISD students and parents already were on pins and needles, worried about student safety in the wake of Monday’s shooting at Hill Country College Preparatory High School in Bulverde.
A 15-year-old student allegedly concerned about low grades shot a teacher before turning the gun on himelf.
The teacher remains hospitalized. The teenager died at the scene.
Neither have been officially identified.
Cell phones are banned in Texas public schools but on social media parents report they received panicked calls and texts from students inside CLHS.
(Editor’s note: This story will be updated as more details become available.)