WAYNESBORO, VA (Rocktown Now) — UPDATE 12:10pm: Waynesboro Public School Officials say all Westwood students, teachers, and staff are accounted for and are safe. The school division is currently conducting reunifications of students and families at Westminister Presbyterian Church at 1904 Mount Vernon Street in Waynesboro. Families are staging in the lower fellowship hall.

Officials add that as a precautionary measure, all other Waynesboro Public Schools have been placed on lockdown. More information will be released when it becomes available. All schools are secure and safe at this time. Parents and guardians, please do not call 911 for additional information.

UPDATE 11:38am: Augusta County Public School officials say that the Augusta County Sheriff’s Office says all schools in the Wilson and Stuarts Draft areas have returned to normal school activities and the code “secure” has been lifted.

Officials say the code “secure” was directed out of an abundance of caution, and the issue in Waynesboro was not directly related to their school division.

UPDATE 10:48AM: Sheriff Donald Smith says at this time, all students, teachers, and staff have been safely evacuated from Westwood Elementary School and are at a designated staging area with law enforcement.

He adds that law enforcement personnel are actively working the scene and conducting a thorough clearance of the school. The reunification process, through which students will be released to their parents or authorized guardians, will begin as soon as it is safe and logistically possible. Additional instructions and information regarding the reunification process will be released as soon as it becomes available.

For the safety of students, families, school personnel, and first responders, Sheriff Smith asks the public to continue avoiding the immediate area until further notice.

The Waynesboro Police Department says they are managing an emergency at Westwood Hills Elementary School.

Police say the school division will conduct a reunification of students and families at Westminister Pressbyterian Church located at 1904 Mt. Vernon Street in Waynesboro. Families are staging in the lower fellowship hall. Please enter where the signs say “Entry.”

Augusta County Sheriff Donald Smith says “the incident at Westwood Elementary School in the City of Waynesboro is contained and secured at this time. The Children are safe and are being evacuated from the School. Please wait for notification and instruction from Waynesboro Public Schools. Please DO NOT respond to the school we need access for the buses and emergency vehicles.”

Augusta County Sheriff’s Lieutenant Leslie Snyder says schools are on a “secure” as a precaution.

This is a developing story.