Individual Came on TRE School Property Looking For Bike 3-12-10 PM

Dear TRE Parents and Staff:

Given the recent event at Longfellow elementary in Toledo I thought it would be prudent to communicate to parents and staff lest any rumors start to fly. The school received a call from the church across the street that an individual came to the church saying he was looking for his bike and he thought it was at either at the church or a school. When he was told it was not at the church he started making his way over to the school and the church let us know he was coming. I met the individual outside in front of the school. He told me he was looking for his bike. He said he was frustrated he couldn’t find it and asked if I could call someone to help. I called the police to come over and assist with the situation. Thanks to the quick response of our Sherriff’s department we had multiple marked and unmarked police cars in a matter of two minutes. They were able to talk to the individual and assist him by taking him off school property. This individual did not come looking for anyone but he also had no business being on school property. Deputy Sehl will process a no trespassing communication to this individual so that he knows he is not to come on to school property in the future. This all happened without incident and thanks to the quick response of our Sherriff’s department it was all taken care in a matter of minutes. Everything was quite safe but given recent events I wanted to be proactive in communicating to our staff and parents. I will be sending this to staff via email and posting this communication on our website blog as an announcement to our parents. The only people who viewed this occurrence were a couple of visitors coming into the building at that time and some that were in the office. It did not disrupt our school at all. A big thanks goes out to our sheriff’s department for coming and assisting so quickly.

Sincerely,
Bob Harris