At 2:45 p.m. Wednesday, Hays Middle School received a phone call from Hays Police Department requesting the school be placed in a soft lockdown, USD 489 informed parents just after 3 p.m.

A soft lockdown is when no one is allowed to enter or exit the school. School business continued normally inside the building. Within three minutes, the HPD gave the school the “all clear.”

Students were dismissed as usual.

HPD Chief Don Scheibler told Hays Post the lockdown was requested after a report of a burglary in progress in the area. That report was determined to be unfounded.

— USD 489

UPDATED 5 p.m. Wednesday with comments from law enforcement.