No threat at Selkirk High School, superintendent says

METALINE FALLS – The Selkirk School District is reaching out to parents to elaborate on an issue that happened at the high school Tuesday, Oct. 14. According to superintendent Nancy Lotze, during 6th period Selkirk High School went into a brief “secure and teach” mode to provide privacy while law enforcement, at the request of Pend Oreille County mental health professionals, picked up a student under an involuntary commitment order.

“Unfortunately, there is a lot of misinformation with some parents concerned there was no notification of a threat,” Lotze said. “I would like to be clear, the school district did not contact the sheriff’s department because of a specific threat to the school.”