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Examination examines what 12 people in the Thompson School – NBC Connecticut felt sick, felt sick

School officials said that the crews examined what caused the hospital stay of nine students and three Bradley School in Thompson on Thursday.

A dozen people were brought to hospitals to evaluate nausea and shortness of breath on Thursday morning. According to the superintendent, they have been published since then.

Firefighters reacted to the school complex on the Riverside Drive, which is made up of the Mary Fisher Elementary School, the Thompson Middle School and the Memorial High School tourtellot.

Superintendent Melinda Smith said in a letter to families in the district of Thompson Public Schools that Bradley's employees complained about symptoms who believed that there was an environmental problem in their classroom on the Thompson Middle School.

The Bradley School Windham County is a program outside the location that uses space on campus, including a class at the basic, middle and upper level, said the superintendent.

An ambulance was called, 12 employees and students were taken to the hospital and all three schools were evacuated. The 800 students were evacuated for about 90 minutes.

In a letter to the parents on Friday, the superintendent said that a complete evaluation of carbon monoxide and fleeting organic compounds on campus was carried out by the city firefighter.

According to Smith, a maintenance crew in the entire wing conducts an inspection of ventilation devices throughout the wing in which the complaint was submitted.

The school district stated that you commissioned a company to be on site over the weekend to ensure that all derivation fans and unit ventilation work properly as soon as the inspection is completed.

Smith said that first aiders used an unauthorized non-calibrated co-detector device and found no carbon monoxide in Bradley's classrooms, and the students returned to their classrooms.

All boilers on the school campus have carbon monoxide detectors, and no readings were activated, according to the superintendent.

It is not clear what the students and employees have caused to have the symptoms. An investigation remains.