DOE: ‘Noxious Odor’ Forces Kahaluu Elementary Evacuation (UPDATED)
Kahaluu El. has been evacuated due to a noxious odor. Students are being bussed to Kaneohe District Park, where parents can pick them up.
— HI Dept of Education (@HIDOE808)
UPDATE 3 p.m. 4/3/14
The small apparently caused nausea symptoms among 31 students and staff members, sending 25 children and two adults to the hospital, according to emergency personnel. About 290 students total attend the school.Â
Classes resume tomorrow.
Various city and state officials are in the process of tracking down the source of the odor.Â
Today’s incident marks the sixth Hawaii public school this academic year to report strange smells in the air, many of them prompting evacuations and nausea symptoms among numerous students.
The most recent incident at Manoa’s Noelani Elementary School.  Before that, it was and  in late November.Â
Photo: Kahaluu Elementary. (Courtesy of school’s website)
— Alia Wong
