Several people were overcome by heat Friday morning during McEachern High School's graduation ceremonies.
McEachern was holding graduation in Cantrell Stadium on the school's Powder Springs campus late Friday morning when several people apparently became sick from the heat.
Cobb County Schools spokesman Doug Goodwin told Channel 2 Action News that four or five people were treated at the scene for heat-related issues, and one person was transported to a hospital for a problem that was not heat-related.
Temperatures were in the mid-70s when ceremonies began at 10 a.m. and climbed into the mid-80s by the time graduation ended around noon.
Goodwin said that barring rain, McEachern traditionally holds graduation in the stadium, which is the largest in the county.
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