Bernie Wolfe School evacuated after ‘threat’: school division

Students and staff at Bernie Wolfe School had to evacuate on Wednesday morning following an unspecified threat.

All kids, teachers and other personnel “safely relocated” to a designated evacuation site, River East Transcona School Division communications manager Adrian Alleyne said in an email.

School officials called the Winnipeg Police Service immediately after learning of the threat and activated the school’s emergency plan, said Alleyne, without specifying the nature of the threat.

“As the school day was just about to begin, students who were already in the school at the time were immediately evacuated. Students who had not yet entered the school were gathered in the school yard for attendance,” he said. “All students and staff then walked to the evacuation site as a first point of contact.” 

The kindergarten to Grade 8 school is located on Bournais Drive.