Brown snake forces evacuation of Willunga High library as students prepare for Year 12 maths exam Hills and Southern snake catcher Rolly Burrell. WILLUNGA High School students were prepared for some slippery questions in their Year 12 maths exam. But they weren't expecting a brown snake to invade the library just before the exam was about to begin. A dozen students were doing some last minute preparation early on Thursday afternoon when a librarian spotted the snake about 12.20pm and ordered everyone out. Principal Janelle Reimann was the hero of the hour, making several solo trips into the library to retrieve the gear students had left behind. An eastern brown snake. "I had to put gumboots on and troop around as loudly as I could to go in and get their stuff," she said. I was gathering calculators, exam revision notes, their pens and pencils, everything. All the kids were very safe, we followed our lockout and evacuation procedures and followed up with parents and the SACE Board. The kids were getting a little bit nervous about it all but when they got their (possessions) back they were all fine. Snake Catchers Adelaide owner Rolly Burrell was on the scene within an hour. "I had to pull all these books out from the shelves and I laid on the ground but I couldn't see it," he said. It took a good 15 or 20 minutes to find it. It was hiding under a lounge. A video shows Mr Burrell expertly capturing the nearly metre-long eastern brown snake, which he estimated was about three years old. Mr Burrell said he caught two more brown snakes at Lenswood Primary and Bridgewater Primary today (FRI). He was also reminded of an incident at Flagstaff Hill Primary a couple of years ago, when a student unknowingly took home a red-bellied black snake that had slithered into his bag. Ms Reimann said schools outside the city had to expect the odd visit from snakes. What we are going to do is get the school sprayed with repellent so hopefully we will not have a recurrence. She said the Mathematical Studies exam was scheduled for another room, not the library, and went ahead as planned at 1pm. No special concessions were needed for any of the students. Snake Aaaaway snake catchers were called Willunga High, Adelaide to catch an eastern brown snake that found its way in their library. Courtesy Facebook Snake Aaaaway snake catchers. Originally published as Snake in a library disrupts Year 12 exam