A bear cub in a tree caused a bit of a ruckus at a southern California high school, photos show. The cub climbed up into a tree across the street from Crescenta Valley High School and stayed there most of the afternoon on Tuesday, Nov. 12, causing students to spend the day indoors, several outlets reported.

Multiple agencies were monitoring an adolescent cub as it sat in a tree in front of Crescenta Valley High School, unable to compel the creature to go home.

Two La Crescenta schools were placed on a brief shelter in place order on Tuesday when a bear cub was spotted in a tree near their campuses.

For one day only, “the bear ate my homework” might be an acceptable excuse for students at a Los Angeles-area high school. An unlikely visitor showed up to Crescenta Valley High School on Tuesday in the form of a bear cub.

A bear cub was spotted perched in a tree outside a high school in La Crescenta-Montrose, California, on Tuesday, 12.These images were published by the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station, who advised residents to keep a safe distance from the cub.

A bear was recently spotted near two schools in Plainfield, the district said. The bear was seen near Evergreen Elementary School and Plainfield High School, Plainfield Public Schools said on social media.