. >> parents want answers tonight after ten children at a san rancisco school suddenly became ill. students at james lick middle school. >> paramedics wheeled students inside the ambulance. >> i saw a twitter feed pop up. >> reporter: parents rushed to campus to pick up their kids. learned that ten students were sick after ingesting some kind of substance. >> i come to schothey came to s something. smelled like weeds a couple of times. >> she ate something and after that, she got sick. i saw her throw up today in the hallway. >> reporter: her friends was one of the students that got sick. >> sometimes when i used bathroom, you can smell the marijuana. >> reporter: in the school? >> yes. the school has changed a lot. more fights and more drug use that i have seen and smelled. >> reporter: do you tell the teachers when you notice stuff? >> i tell our security guards but they don't do anything. >> reporter: several students taken to the hospital. >>> tonight an e-mail sent by the district to discuss the issue. deciding to pull the star pang willed banner from rallies. they say lyrics