A “secure and teach” mode has been lifted at Wheaton North High School, authorities said.
About 1:14 p.m., Wheaton police responded to the high school to investigate a report of a suspicious item that may have looked like a weapon on campus, police said.
The school was placed on “secure and teach” mode as a precaution while officers investigated. After the investigation, the item was found, and police determined it was not a weapon, and there was no active threat to the students, staff or school.
Students were dismissed at the normal 2:15 p.m. dismissal time.
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