Update: Fred Lynn Middle School students and staff are safe and have re-entered the school after being evacuated for a gas leak. The Fire Department and gas company have given the all-clear. Students will be given lunch. Dismissal will be at the regular time.
-Prince William County Public Schools
Woodbridge, Va. — A gas leak has prompted the evacuation of Fred M. Lynn Middle School in Woodbridge this afternoon.
Students have been moved to a nearby church and are safe, Prince William County Public Schools spokeswoman Irene Cromer said.
A gas crew is on the way to the school to look at the damage. Students will be fed lunch, according to the school system.
The school on Prince William Parkway near U.S. 1 houses 928 students.
