UPDATE: "No Abnormalities" Found at Ridgeview, Classes Will Be Held Friday

UPDATE at 8:57 p.m.: Emergency officials have finished evaluating the school, but “did not find any environmental issues that might have caused the students’ symptoms,” Hale said late Thursday evening.

Additionally, the Fulton County School System’s facilities team also conducted a systems check to evaluate the school

“No abnormalities were discovered, but our maintenance department will continue to monitor the building systems and will be on site tomorrow,” Hale added. ”School will be held tomorrow as scheduled.”

UPDATE at 7:42 p.m.: All students have left on buses and should be arriving home very soon, if not already, Fulton County Schools spokesperson Susan Hale stated.

It’s still unclear what caused “today’s situation,” Hale said. An update will be provided later tonight and how it may impact tomorrow’s schedule, if at all.

UPDATE at 6:08 p.m.: All children are now at High Point Elementary and the school is in the midst of dismissal for its bus riders.

“Hazmat is still evaluating the Ridgeview building, but so far have not found any source of the irritation,” Fulton schools spokesperson Susan Hale said. “We’ve also learned that the students who were transported to the hospital are improving.”

UPDATE at 5:02 p.m.: Fulton County Schools spokesperson Susan Hale said students are being transported to nearby High Point Elementary School at 520 Greenland Road NE and parents can pick up their children there.

“If students normally ride the bus, we encourage parents to allow them to do that,” she added. “This will lessen traffic at High Point and help create a speedier dismissal and reunification process.”

ORIGINAL STORY

Ridgeview Charter School was evacuated Thursday afternoon after four students complianed of shortness of breath.

According to Fulton County Schools spokesperson Susan Hale, the school called 911 around 3:30 p.m. to report the medical emergency.

Hale stated all four students were all in the same area of the school. The Sandy Springs Fire Department and paramedics have responded to check out the students and evaluate air quality.

“As a precaution, we have moved our students outside,” she said. “Children are safe, with their classes, and under supervision of their teachers. “We ask that parents do not come to the school – police are not allowing access to the school or for students to be released until the evacuation is lifted.”

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