Fayette County schools were

on alert status Tuesday following terrorist attacks in New York City and

Washington, D.C.

"We typically do that

when we have a national crisis like this," said School System spokesman

Melinda Berry-Dreisbach.

Alert status means teachers

and administrators are on lookout for any suspicious characters or devices,

and side and back doors are locked so that anyone entering the bulidings

must use the front doors.

Following a meeting of top

system administrators Tuesday, extracurricular activities for the day

were cancelled, Dreisbach said, adding that plans were to resume all activities

Wednesday.

Dreisbach said school officials

didn't expect any trouble, but felt precautions were called for.

Schools did not bring in additional

counselors in case students need to talk. Each school has at least one

conselor, and Dreisbach said if numbers of students asking for counseling

become to great, additional counselors will be brought in.

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