Paramedics called for students after pepper spray used on Charlotte school bus

Paramedics tended to a bus of Charlotte middle schoolers after a child used pepper spray during a fight Tuesday morning, school officials wrote in an email to parents.

Paramedics evaluated students on Ranson International Baccalaureate Middle School bus #1692 “out of an abundance of caution,” the principal, Neodria Brown, wrote in the email.

None were hospitalized, WSOC, The Charlotte Observer’s news partner, reported.

“Weapons and disruptive behavior are prohibited in our schools and are a violation of the Code of Student Conduct,” Brown wrote.

Brown said the school is investigating the incident and asked parents to remind students about “appropriate behavior” and “consequences of their actions.”

This is a developing story.

Julia Coin

The Charlotte Observer

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Julia Coin covers courts, legal issues, police and public safety around Charlotte and is part of the Pulitzer-finalist team that covered Tropical Storm Helene in North Carolina. As the Observer’s breaking news reporter, she unveiled how fentanyl infiltrated local schools. Michigan-born and Florida-raised, she studied journalism at the University of Florida, where she covered statewide legislation, sexual assault on campus and Hurricane Ian in her hometown of Sanibel Island. Support my work with a digital subscription