Students had to be checked over after pepper spray was discharged on a school bus Friday morning in Allegheny County. Officials with the Chartiers Valley School District said one of their Intermediate School students was in possession of both pepper spray and a Taser while on the bus. The Taser was not discovered until the student arrived at the school. Both items were “secured by the administration,” and law enforcement has been notified. Following the discharge of the pepper spray, each student on the bus was checked over by healthcare workers as a precaution. Ashlee Seger is the mother of 10- and 11-year-old girls who were on the bus.”They said that all of a sudden, everybody on the bus started coughing, including the bus driver. And everybody was like really coughing and their eyes were watering,” Seger said.She said one of her daughters was still feeling the effects hours after the incident.”They were scared. They didn’t really understand what was going on. My one daughter kept saying her stomach hurt. Their eyes were very red,” Seger said.Officials at the school said students face severe disciplinary consequences if a weapon is found in their possession, which could include suspension and expulsion.”This is the most serious offense and carries the most serious consequences, including an immediate recommendation for expulsion to the School Board,” Superintendent Daniel Castagna said in a letter obtained by Pittsburgh’s Action News 4. There is no ongoing threat to the school. Officials say they have requested extra support from the AHN Chill Program and the County Student Assistance Team. In addition, officials said a school resource officer and administration will visit classrooms to talk about the “seriousness of this situation and reinforce that this type of behavior is unacceptable.”

PITTSBURGH —

Students had to be checked over after pepper spray was discharged on a school bus Friday morning in Allegheny County.

Officials with the Chartiers Valley School District said one of their Intermediate School students was in possession of both pepper spray and a Taser while on the bus.

The Taser was not discovered until the student arrived at the school. Both items were “secured by the administration,” and law enforcement has been notified.

Following the discharge of the pepper spray, each student on the bus was checked over by healthcare workers as a precaution.

Ashlee Seger is the mother of 10- and 11-year-old girls who were on the bus.

“They said that all of a sudden, everybody on the bus started coughing, including the bus driver. And everybody was like really coughing and their eyes were watering,” Seger said.

She said one of her daughters was still feeling the effects hours after the incident.

“They were scared. They didn’t really understand what was going on. My one daughter kept saying her stomach hurt. Their eyes were very red,” Seger said.

Officials at the school said students face severe disciplinary consequences if a weapon is found in their possession, which could include suspension and expulsion.

“This is the most serious offense and carries the most serious consequences, including an immediate recommendation for expulsion to the School Board,” Superintendent Daniel Castagna said in a letter obtained by Pittsburgh’s Action News 4.

There is no ongoing threat to the school.

Officials say they have requested extra support from the AHN Chill Program and the County Student Assistance Team.

In addition, officials said a school resource officer and administration will visit classrooms to talk about the “seriousness of this situation and reinforce that this type of behavior is unacceptable.”