WASHINGTON — Students at Eliot-Hine Middle School went on lockdown Wednesday afternoon after a student attempted to enter the building with knives.
According to the school, contract security officers contacted the Metropolitan Police Department and DC Public Schools Police for support.
During a lockdown, students are ushered away from windows in exterior classrooms, blinds are drawn, instruction is paused, and movement within the building — including entering or exiting — is not permitted…