![Twelve students and two teachers were taken to the hospital after being exposed to mace in a classroom at Wexler Grant School in New Haven Thursday morning.](https://media.nbcconnecticut.com/2022/05/wexler-grant-school-hazmat-new-haven.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&resize=320%2C180)
Twelve students and two teachers at Wexler Grant School in New Haven were taken to the hospital Thursday after potentially being exposed to mace in a classroom.
The kids and teachers began experiencing watery eyes and scratchy throats, according to a spokesperson for New Haven Public Schools. They were taken to Yale New Haven Hospital as a precaution.
The rest of the school was evacuated while firefighters searched for the source of the problem. They found evidence of contamination of a mace-like spray in a cubicle in the classroom.
The classroom was being cleaned and ventilated.
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