District 27J schools Return to Normal Operations

Four District 27J schools and Belle Creek Charter School that had been placed in “lock out” this morning have been cleared to return to normal operations.

At approximately 9:20 a.m., Belle Creek and 27J’s Thimmig Elementary were put on “lock out” by the Commerce City Police Department because of an incident in that area.

As a precaution, the Brighton Police Department placed Henderson Elementary, Prairie View Middle and Prairie View High School on lock out for a short time.

Thimmig Elementary was released from the lock-out after about an hour.

Belle Creek Charter School was released from the lock-out at about 1:05 p.m. At that time, Commerce City Police also notified School District 27J that the situation was all clear.