A WEST OAKLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and a preschool were placed on lockdown Wednesday and some children were sent home early in response to confirmed reports of federal immigration activity in the neighborhood.

Administrators at Hoover Elementary School on Brockhurst Street and the nearby Harriet Tubman Preschool initiated their “secure school protocol” sometime between 9 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. following reports that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were knocking on doors in the area.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.