WINTER PARK, Fla. — Following Wednesday’s incident at Winter Park High School, where a student brought a gun on campus, parents were notified of another threat Thursday.

Principal Matthew Arnold notified parents via mass e-mail that law enforcement would be present at the school's 9th-grade campus.

Parents of WPHS students are still anxious over what happened Wednesday, and some said they now hope to see more metal-detecting devices on campus. 

On Thursday, fifth-generation Winter Park High alumna Kate Garrow is still living the nightmare to what she and her daughter, Nina, went through Wednesday.

“I was driving and got a call from my daughter saying, 'Mom, I am scared it’s real',” the mother of the WPHS sophomore said. “'It's a lockdown, and I love you, I love you just in case.'”

The texts poured in after a student brought a gun on campus, creating the school lockdown

“This is like my worst fear,” Garrow, who was on campus Wednesday, said. “It came to life.”

The mother and daughter quickly began exchanging texts — Nina saying she loved her mother, and Garrow saying she was on the way.

“I was the second mom that got there, and my car was in the middle of the road and I jumped out,” Garrow said. “All I saw were cop cars pulling up, and they were getting their ARs (automatic rifles) and their big shields out.”

According to Orange County Public Schools (OCPS), all district schools that are for kindergarten through eighth-grade students have at least one pair of metal-detecting wands used for random searches. All middle and high schools have at least two.

After going through a real lockdown, Nina now wants to see metal detectors daily and security measures increased.

“There could be a gun found in the morning instead of fifth period when kids are in class possibly getting shot,” Nina said. “So, it’s best to metal detect us.”

Her mom agrees.

“It’s crazy to think, but I am all for it,” Garrow said. “After what I went through yesterday, thinking my daughter was going to die and I am powerless, I will do whatever it takes. Metal detectors, yes, I will volunteer.”

Aside from random searches with metal-detecting wands, OCPS also said district staff use various methods, seen and unseen, but that they do not discuss specific safety protocols.

According to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, the school district did not ask them to assist with any gun-detection measures moving forward, or ask them for extra deputies on school campuses before the new school year began.