Snyder-Girotti Elementary School was first evacuated and then students sent home Wednesday morning due to a foul gas odor coming from the cafeteria area, officials announced.
Bristol first responders were called to the school by school district officials to investigate the report of a gas odor at the school.
First responders out of an abundance of caution immediately relocated students and staff to the Grundy Arena that sits on the other side of Beaver St, making for a orderly relocation as first responders investigating the gas odor reports.
Many parents posted or commented a desire for the school district to send students home for the day, reminded of the myriad of reports stemming from the nursing facility explosion and fire in neighboring Bristol Township just before Christmas.
Shortly after students and staff were accounted for district officials decided to dismiss students and staff for the day while fire, emergency and code officials investigate the origins of the odor.
Of course sending students and staff home without the ability to reclaim personal possessions from the school will leave some parents and students unhappy.
One commenter under a social media post said she noticed gas odor about three days ago. Its unclear the odor smell was reported to officials.
There are approximately 615 students the elementary school.
Updates to this story are expected.
