Wandering bear causes lockout at two Nevada City schools

NEVADA CITY, Calif. — A bear wandering round individuals’s backyards in Nevada Metropolis prompted a brief lockout at two faculties Wednesday.

Nevada Metropolis Faculty District Superintendent Monica Daugherty mentioned the lockouts occurred at Seven Hills Center Faculty and Deer Creek Elementary Faculty. She took motion after she was advised simply earlier than 11 a.m. {that a} bear was close to their faculties and heading of their course.

Daugherty advised ABC10 that the bear even got here onto the campus of Seven Hills Center Faculty, strolling onto their area. The bear did not stroll onto the campus of Deer Creek Elementary. The lockouts stored all college students indoors whereas instruction continued.

Animal management and legislation enforcement have been referred to as in to trace it down.

Sgt. Sean Mason, spokesperson for Nevada Metropolis Police Division, mentioned the bear prompted calls from residents saying they’d seen a bear strolling by way of their residential space and thru backyards. 

Daugherty mentioned the bear was tracked down after roughly an hour when it was seen crossing a creek away from the varsity. The lockouts have been lifted and, with Wednesday being an early day, college students have been allowed to go house as regular with personnel maintaining watch outdoors. 

Sgt. Mason mentioned the bear did not come into contact with anybody and that there have been no studies of injury.

Whereas neither official mentioned bear sightings have been uncommon for the world, Daugherty mentioned it’s uncommon to see them out through the day. Sgt. Mason added that residents are used to seeing bears through the night, often throughout trash days through the late nights and early mornings.

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