Unidentified White Powder Sends School Employees To Hospital

SILVER SPRING, MD — Five employees were taken to the hospital after they were exposed to an unidentified white powder found inside of a student's backpack at John F. Kennedy High School Tuesday, according to reports.

School employees searched the teen in a conference room and found the powder inside a plastic bag in the student's backpack, NBC Washington reports.

The staff members who were exposed to the substance started to feel sick and were taken to the hospital as a precaution.

"Right now we're hearing about dizziness, a bit of discomfort," Montgomery County Public Schools spokesman Derek Turner told NBC Washington. "We're waiting to hear more details."

Montgomery County police are investigating. This is a developing story. Patch will update this post as more information becomes available.

>> See the NBC Washington post here.

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