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Marisol Wojciechowski’s 15-year-old son Gabriel, a freshman at Hilltop High School in San Diego County with autism, was hospitalized after experiencing severe symptoms from heat exposure while waiting for other students on an air-conditioning-less school bus. During a September heat wave, Gabriel had nosebleeds, headaches, and dehydration that required IV fluids. His mother took him off the bus and urged the district to implement safety measures during extreme temperatures. The Sweetwater Union High School District did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-07,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
In early September, a 15-year-old student at Hilltop High School in San Diego County became severely ill after being left on a school bus with no air conditioning during a heat wave. The teenager, Gabriel, has autism and special needs, which means he leaves school 30 minutes earlier than other students but must wait for them to join him on the bus. His mother, Marisol Wojciechowski, noticed that Gabriel was experiencing severe symptoms such as nosebleeds, headaches, and dehydration after waiting in extreme heat. She took Gabriel to the emergency room where doctors found he was dehydrated and required IV fluids. The incident highlights concerns about student safety during unusually high temperatures without adequate cooling measures on school buses.
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The teen’s mother said her son, who attends Hilltop High School in the San Diego County city, was repeatedly left sitting on a bus that had no air conditioning.
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Marisol Wojciechowski said her son Gabriel, a freshman, gets out of school about 30 minutes before other students because he has special needs — and then has to wait on the bus in extreme temperatures for other students to join him.
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Wojciechowski said her son isn’t able to communicate when he’s feeling too hot because of his autism.
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In early September, during a heat wave, she first noticed Gabriel wasn’t feeling well.
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“He had nosebleeds, really bad headaches and he didn’t want to do nothing.
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And then when he would get off the bus, he was lightheaded and I was like, ‘are you okay?’”
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Wojciechowski told NBC San Diego.
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“Right away I would put ice pack on him on his neck and gave him water.”
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Wojciechowski eventually took Gabriel to the emergency room after he repeatedly experienced the symptoms.
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They had to keep him there to give him IV fluids,” she told NBC San Diego.
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Wojciechowski also experienced the conditions on the bus for herself.
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“The bus driver was telling me that once he’s released to him, he couldn’t get off the bus.
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I got on the bus and said ‘Gabriel, go get in the car.
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There’s air conditioning and I’ll be right there,’” Wojciechowski told NBC San Diego.
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Wojciechowski added that the bus driver told her it was normal for students to sit on the bus in those high temperatures.
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She is now asking her son’s school district to take additional safety precautions to prevent similar incidents in the future.
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“I want them to put the kids first.
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Leaving them on the bus is not safe, not even for five minutes during the heat,” Wojciechowski told NBC San Diego.
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The California Post reached out to the superintendent of the Sweetwater Union High School District for comment but did not immediately hear back.
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