EMMAUS, Pa. — An Emmaus High School student’s use of pepper spray in the cafeteria made East Penn School District the first in the Lehigh Valley to use a notification required by law to alert parents and teachers of school weapon incidents.
East Penn issued a statement notifying parents, guardians and teachers near the end of the school day Wednesday “of an incident that occurred today on the campus of Emmaus High School.”
The statement said that about 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, “a situation involving two students took place in the cafeteria and one student discharged pepper spray…