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Exeter native, Emily Smith, lectures on addiction at TEDx Erie Nov. 5

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Happy birthday Breanna Madison Walker!

<p>EXETER &#8212;A routine administrative lock-down drill went well as the Wyoming Area Secondary Center underwent the annual process.</p><p>According to school principal Vito Quaglia, the drill began at 9 a.m. as state police and drug sniffing k-9s swept the school.</p><p>Quaglia made aj announcement at the start of first period, informing students and teachers of the sweep and asking they remain in their classrooms until the sweep was completed.</p><p>&#8220;Instructions still go on as normal,&#8221; Quaglia said. &#8220;They just can&#8217;t move around the building.&#8221;</p><p>Quaglia said no drugs were found and the lock-down ended within 20 minutes.</p><p>He also noted the administrative lock-down drill is done at least once a year and he typically does not inform students beforehand.</p><p>&#8220;If there was anything going on, you&#8217;d want to try to, for lack of a better word, catch someone doing something wrong,&#8221; said Quaglia. &#8220;You can eliminate anybody trying to bring drugs into the school and things like that. That&#8217;s why we try not to tip this off.&#8221;</p><p>An automated voice message was sent out to parents of students immediately afterwards to inform them of the drill and to let them know there was no danger to the school.</p><p>&#8220;As soon as it was over, I told my superintendent that I was sending a call out to the parents so they know,&#8221; said Quaglia. &#8220;Things happen quick and, if someone drives by seeing state police vehicles, they&#8217;re going to think something negative is going on. I wanted to make sure it got out and said everything was good.&#8221;</p><style>
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Wyoming Area High School holds administrative lock-down drill; no drugs or threats detected