The Aberdeen Police Department responded to a report of a student who climbed onto the roof of Stevens Elementary School on Monday.

At approximately 12:30 p.m., police responded to a report of a student having challenges in school, according to a press release from Police Chief Steve Shumate. When School Resource Officer Bob Green arrived, he learned that the child had exited the school and climbed up on the roof.

After additional units responded, Officer Gary Sexton climbed up on the school’s roof with assistance from the Aberdeen Fire Department.

Sexton spent several minutes talking with the student. He learned that the child was having a number of challenges, one of which involved a certain subject matter in school. The child agreed to have Sexton help him with his school work. The officer assisted the child off the roof and spent several minutes with the child in a classroom helping him with the subject of concern.

The child was eventually released to his guardian. The Aberdeen School District is taking measures to prevent this from happening again, Shumate wrote.