Yesterday, personnel at Tallassee High School received a tip of a handgun on campus. Obviously, this is something we take very serious. I was pleased with the promptness of the administration and SRO in their response. Within minutes of the tip, school personnel had the gun and child in custody. For confidentiality reasons, we cannot discuss a lot of details. However, we would like for the parents to know that the situation is being handled, the student is not on campus, and that there is not a threat on campus. The Board of Education has policies in place to address situations such as this, and the District will be handling this situation in accordance with those policies. No further information is available at this time due to the juvenile status of the student involved.