Police evacuate Coquitlam high school

COQUITLAM (NEWS1130) - There is a police presence at Charles Best Secondary in Coquitlam today, but there is apparently no threat to students or faculty. RCMP have moved everyone to a nearby elementary school and church while they investigate.

Students with cell phones were asked to turn them off temporarily, but Cheryl Quinton with the Coquitlam School Board says parents can now call their children. "We don't know at this point whether the students will be directed back to best for classes to resume, but at this point if they can contact their kids via cell phone and please refrain from going to the sites."

We've received several calls about what is unfolding at the school. Both the school board and the RCMP insist all of the students and faculty are safe.