CLASSES CLEARED DUE TO ODD ODOR : PEPPER SPRAY BLAMED IN SCARE.Byline: Lee Condon Daily News Staff Writer Twenty-two Hoover High School Hoover High School may refer to any of the following:
The students were transported to the hospitals after complaining of nausea, watery eyes or scratchy throats. All were treated and released. ``We had a chain reaction of psychosomatic psychosomatic /psy·cho·so·mat·ic/ (-sah-mat´ik) pertaining to the mind-body relationship; having bodily symptoms of psychic, emotional, or mental origin. psy·cho·so·mat·ic adj. 1. illnesses,'' said Glendale Fire Marshal fire marshal n. 1. The head of a department or office that is charged with the prevention and investigation of fires. 2. A person in charge of firefighting personnel and equipment at an industrial plant. Noun 1. Dave Starr. ``It's not that somebody is intentionally faking, but people develop symptoms when they are told it is possible they were affected.'' The pepper spray - its chemical name is oleoresin oleoresin /oleo·res·in/ (o?le-o-rez´in) 1. a natural combination of a resin and a volatile oil, such as exudes from pines, etc. 2. capsicum capsicum /cap·si·cum/ (kap´si-kum) a plant of the genus Capsicum, the hot peppers, or the dried fruit derived from certain of its species (cayenne or red pepper), containing the active principle capsaicin; used as a - set off a major scare at the school, with some 30 units of firetrucks, ambulances and police showing up. School officials had asked for an air quality check after a teacher reported a strange odor in an English classroom. Eventually, 10 classrooms were evacuated and nearly 100 students were examined by rescue personnel. Police and firefighters spent hours trying to determine the source of the smell. It was not until late afternoon that students told school officials that pepper spray had been released in the room. A male 12th-grade student who allegedly set off the pepper spray was suspended. The 12th-grade girl who brought the pepper spray, an illegal substance forbidden on school campuses, also was suspended. Both face expulsion, said Glendale Unified School District The Glendale Unified School District is a school district based in Glendale, California, United States. The school district serves the city of Glendale, portions of the city of La Cañada and the unincorporated communities of Montrose and La Crescenta. spokesman Vic Pallos. Pepper spray, used by police to subdue sub·due tr.v. sub·dued, sub·du·ing, sub·dues 1. To conquer and subjugate; vanquish. See Synonyms at defeat. 2. To quiet or bring under control by physical force or persuasion; make tractable. 3. violent suspects, is now legal for residents to carry, said Glendale Police spokesman Chahe Keuroghlian. But it is not legal in the possession of a minor, he said. He said he was not certain if the two students would face arrest. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Paramedics and firefighters help transport Hoover High School students to Glendale hospitals after they reported nausea from what was later said to be a release of pepper spray in a classroom. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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