A bear sighting near a school disrupted field day for elementary school students in Rockland County Friday, school officials said.
The students at Upper Nyack Elementary School on North Broadway were out on the field participating in activities when the bear was spotted close to the field, which is near a heavily wooded area and not far from a state park, school principal Stephen Ochser said.
"For the sake of safety they brought the kids back into the school and closed the windows," the principal added.
Ochser said the school planned to reschedule the event as if Friday were a rain day, and said a letter would be going home to parents to alert them of the sighting.
Parents at the event didn't appear too concerned, considering the field's proximity to the woods and the state park.
Debie Makely, a mother of a 7-year-old student at the elementary school said she's seen a lot of bears in her life, including one recently in a parking lot where she works, and that "they do seem to come and go."
