Pinewood Elementary Evacuated After Students Feel "Light-headed"

Pinewood Elementary School was evacuated Thursday afternoon after students reported feeling "light-headed," as if they were going to faint.

Baltimore County emergency crews responded to a call from the school at 3:21 p.m., near the end of the school day, said Julia Hardgrove, a police and fire spokeswoman. Those who reported illness were at the school's cafeteria.

Hardgrove said 11 students and an adult were transported to area hospitals for treatment.

A cause for the illnesses have not been determined, but police are considering heat-exhaustion as a possibility. The school does have air conditioning, but police and school officials are investigating whether the system was working properly.

Mychael Dickerson, a Baltimore County Public Schools spokesman,  said the school will be open Friday.

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