ELK GROVE – There have been multiple safety scares on Northern California school campuses as kids return to the classroom for the 2024/2025 school year.
More than five incidents have required school districts to send letters to parents and in some cases, lockdown campuses.
In Elk Grove, John Erdhardt Elementary parents are keeping closer than usual to their kids Thursday after receiving a letter from the school that there was a suspicious man trying to lure kids into his light grey four-door Mazda during drop off Wednesday morning.
“I had to coach them all over again: be vigilant. Don’t trust anybody,” said Joe Molina, a parent at John Erdhardt Elementary.
School resource officers are pretty common on school campuses these days, and parents said they see them patrolling during drop-off and pick-up times but still someone who was allegedly suspicious was lurking.
“Definitely alarmed,” said Curtis Berry whose daughter is in kindergarten at John Erdhardt Elementary. “I don’t want to hear about that happening anywhere, especially where my child is going.”