After three cracks in the walls of Ludlow's Paul R. Baird Middle School are seen, 700 students are evacuated from the building Wednesday morning. Watch video
On Wednesday at approximately 9:30 a.m., Paul R. Baird Middle School students and faculty were evacuated when three cracks in the walls of a hallway were noticed.
Approximately 700 students were evacuated, and school officials placed phone calls and sent e-mails out to students’ parents notifying them to pick up their children or prepare for their arrival by bus.
Superintendent of Ludlow Public Schools Theresa M. Kane stated the evacuation was “strictly a precaution.”
A parent of a child living with autism, who wished to remain anonymous, phoned into ABC 40 News to say she felt the administration should have handled the situation differently. She stated in a phone interview that her husband found their child wandering home, and school officials should have paid closer attention.
School officials said they “did their best,” and the building was evacuated in less than 20 minutes.
To hear more about the evacuation, watch ABC 40’s video coverage above.