FORT HOOD (November 5, 2009)—Nine Killeen ISD schools on Fort Hood attended by about 2,600 students remained on lockdown for more than five hours after Thursday's shooting rampage on post.

Most of the students, who were released when the base reopened, were attending the district's seven elementary schools and two middle schools on the post.

A high school adjacent to the base also was locked down.

“The students were never in any danger and were well taken care of,” district spokeswoman Leslie Gilmore said.

She said that, as a security precaution, the students were released only to parents or guardians who could sign them out and weren't being allowed to leave by other means.

Gilmore says the district will have crisis counselors available Friday.

The Lampasas ISD, meanwhile, said buses would take students home as usual, but said if appropriate supervision wasn’t present in homes that elementary age children would be returned to their schools where parents would need to pick them up.

Central Texas College’s central campus was on lockdown until just before 5 p.m. Thursday.

The school said Fort Hood and central campus classes were canceled Thursday evening.

Texas A&M Central Texas canceled classes for the remainder of the day.

Temple ISD reports schools are on a "soft" lock down.

Temple Police Sgt. Brad hunt told News 10 police units were dispatched to all schools and Scott and White Hospital.