An unidentified teacher’s medical emergency led to Yorktown Secondary Campus students being placed on a brief hold in place Wednesday, May 6.
Yorktown Secondary Campus Principal Laura Patek said the hold was necessary so emergency responders could access the area and assist the staff member safely. EMS arrived quickly and when the teacher was transported by ambulance for treatment the hold was lifted and school resumed for the day, she said.
“We had a teacher that fell and hit his head on some concrete,” Patek said. “He will be fine.”
Hold in place is a school safety protocol where students and staff remain in their classrooms or current location, and hallways are cleared. It is used for shortterm, non-threatening internal incidents — such as a medical emergency or a hallway altercation — to keep students away from the area while allowing normal learning to continue inside classrooms, according to the Texas School Safety Center.
