Old Orchard Beach police, who hired him as a summer employee, said federal officials cleared him to work in May.

The Biddeford School Department said all students and staff were safe and accounted for when the lockdown was put into place.

The proposed Biddeford school budget is up $2.5 million, or 5.39%, over this year’s budget. The budget comes to a total of $49.8 million and was approved by the School Committee on April 30.