UPDATE, 11:31 a.m.: The Outpost spoke with Fortuna Union High School District Superintendent Glen Senestraro who confirmed this morning’s lockdown. Senestraro said a student had been threatening violence on campus but left campus soon after. Both schools went on lockdown as a precautionary measure. 

Senestraro said he was not sure if the student was armed or not, but he assured us that school would carry on today in as normal a fashion as possible. Brief post from Fortuna High’s Facebook page, below:  

We had a brief lockdown this morning due to a student threat of violence. We were in lockdown for approximately 15 minutes. The threat is over and school is resuming as normal.

Posted by Fortuna Union High School District on Thursday, March 24, 2016


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Original Post: Fortuna High School and adjacent East High School were both on lockdown this morning. While the Outpost has not been able to confirm the information, numerous posts from parents on social media reference a student with a gun may have been wandering campus. Whatever the issue, it seems to have been resolved and all students are safe.

We have a call in to the Fortuna Police Department. In the meantime, FOPD posted the following to their Facebook page:

Our communications center is currently receiving numerous calls regarding the lock down at Fortuna High School / East…

Posted by Fortuna Police Department on Thursday, March 24, 2016


We will update this post when we know more.