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Reid Park Academy placed on lockdown, since lifted, following verbal threats to principal

The lockdown ended at the end of the school day, school officials confirmed.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Reid Park Academy was on lockdown after violent threats were made to the principal. The lockdown ended at the end of the school day, school officials confirmed.

Details are limited but officials said the person entered the school and made the verbal threats. The west Charlotte school was placed on an internal lockdown. That means if any student needed to leave the classroom they had to be escorted by a teacher.

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