New Haven police have responded to Bishop Woods Architecture & Design Magnet School Friday after five students ingested what appeared to be candy and began vomiting, according to a spokesperson for New Haven Schools. All five students were taken to the hospital and their conditions have been improving.
The students involved were boys and girls who are 12 and 13, according to Mayor Justin Elicker.
Another student brought the "candy" into the school, officials said.
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The edible items were tested at the scene and found to contain THC, a component in cannabis, Elicker said. They have been sent off to a lab for further testing.
The staff at Bishop Woods did a sweep of the school and did not find any other students who had ingested the substance. The parents of the children who fell ill were notified, the school spokesperson said.
The school day is continuing and social workers are going to classes to talk to the students about what happened.
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Bishop Woods is a magnet school on Quinnipiac Avenue in New Haven.
School officials are urging children not to consume anything that they did not get from their parents or from the school cafeteria.
Two other students who became dizzy were also taken to the hospital. They have since been released and are home.
