Pepper spray led to evacuation of Morgan City Junior High

Morgan City police are investigating how pepper spray got into the heating-air conditioning system at Morgan City Junior High on Monday, leading authorities to evacuate the school and eventually send students home.

The police had reported an “air-borne substance that was that was agitating students and making them sick,” Morgan City police said.

“As a precautionary measure, students were evacuated and ultimately dismissed for the day to allow the substance to dissipate.”

Police say they’re investigating the incident. School resumed as usual Tuesday.

It was the third time in less than a week that a St. Mary public school was evacuated during the school day.

Twice last week, Berwick High students were removed from the school after threats were discovered.

The threats proved to be unfounded, and students were allowed to return to class after the brief interruption.