Students were back in class at at G. Weaver Hipps Elementary School Monday following an incident that sent 13 people to the hospital Friday after an irritant was discharged at a school dance.
The dozen or so affected, most of them children, reported eye irritation or difficulty breathing.
The school was a hosting a schoolwide dance for students and their parents and guardians when the irritant, which officials say was likely pepper spray, was discharged in the cafeteria.
"We attended the dance with my daughter and brought our young son. Shortly after the dance started, we noticed a strange odor and my young son began to cough. Other children started to cough and had trouble breathing. People started to rush out of the building," said parent Lorraine Read.