An Oakcrest high School student was found with a firearm magazine with bullets during an off-campus event Monday, according to a letter the school sent parents and staff.
No gun was recovered.
The senior class was attending "Lake Day" at the Egg Harbor City Lake, according to the email penned by Principal Mike McGhee obtained by BreakingAC.
"At the conclusion of the day, as students were boarding the school buses to return to Oakcrest, two students reported to our School Resource Officer that while another student was boarding the bus a magazine for a handgun and bullets had fallen out of the student's bookbag," McGhee wrote.
The officer used the information from students to find the student and remove him from the bus, according to the letter.
The student's belongings were secured and the resource officer worked with local law enforcement to fully investigate.
"While I cannot share any personally identifiable information, please know that local law enforcement is involved and guiding the process, and the District takes this situation very seriously," McGhee wrote.
McGhee stressed that no weapon was found.
"We recognize the magnitude of an event such as this, and want to again stress the importance of our staff, students, and families sharing information when there is concern," he wrote. "We have no reason at this time to believe there is any additional danger to any of our staff or students.
"As always we take the health, safety, and welfare of our students and staff as our priority," he continued.
Parents were directed to email McGhee or Superintendent James Reina with any questions or concerns.
Neither could be immediately reached for comment.
