UPDATE: A Sandy Springs school has moved its students to another school after an evacuation Thursday when several students had difficulty breathing and were hospitalized.
The cause of the breathing problem at Ridgeview Charter School, however, still remains a mystery.
“We have completed moving all children to High Point Elementary and are beginning our dismissal for bus-riders,” said district spokeswoman Susan Hale. “Hazmat is still evaluating the Ridgeview building but so far have not found any source of the irritation. We’ve also learned that the students who were transported to the hospital are improving.”
Parents can pick up their children at Highpoint, but the school system recommends to allow them to ride the bus if that is their normal mode for getting home, Hale said.
“This will lessen traffic at High Point and help create a speedier dismissal and reunification process,” she said.
PREVIOUS UPDATE: Fulton school officials are asking that parents not come to the Ridgeview Charter School where four children reported trouble with breathing prompting an evacuation Thursday afternoon.
At least eight students have been transported to the hospital to be checked out, Channel 2 Action News reported, but nobody has reported any serious injury.
“As a precaution, we have moved our students outside. Children are safe, with their classes, and under supervision of their teachers,” said Susan Hale, spokesman for the school district.
The school called 911 about 3:30 when four students began to complain of trouble breathing, she said. All four students were in the same vicinity of the school.
ORIGINAL REPORT: Firefighters helped evacuate a Sandy Springs school Thursday after four to six students had difficulty breathing or chest pains, Sandy Springs Fire told Channel 2 Action News.
Fire department officials fear there may be something in the air at Ridgeview Charter School and an Atlanta hazardous-materials unit is headed to the school to test the air. Crews are still evaluating the affected students to decide if they will be transported.
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