School districts prioritizing students safety on foggy days

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- If you unrecorded successful the Central Valley, you cognize that aft rainfall comes fog.

Caltrans video shows the density connected Highway 99 connected Wednesday morning.

Foggy conditions were besides spotted successful agrarian communities, and California Highway Patrol Officer Mike Salas says it's not a atrocious thought to refresh your representation connected information tips earlier hitting the road.

"Low beams, trim your speed, ever buckle up. If you don't cognize oregon are unfamiliar with a roadway, it gives you an other crushed to dilatory down. You ne'er cognize erstwhile those intersections are approaching you and for those of america taking our kids to school, that fog tin beryllium precise treacherous," said CHP Officer Mike Salas.

Several schoolhouse districts took action, a pivot they are utilized to for the information of their students, staff, and parents.

Every schoolhouse territory has its ain argumentation successful place, based connected its needs.

At slightest 7 districts delayed their schoolhouse start, and 2 districts cancelled people for the day, including Mendota Unified School District successful Fresno County and Oak Valley Union School District successful Tulare County.

"Whenever we get rain, we get excited astir the rainfall due to the fact that we request it, and past we are similar Oh yeah, present comes the fog," said Oak Valley Union School District Superintendent Heather Pilgrim.

Superintendent Pilgrim says their schoolhouse is successful a agrarian portion of municipality and that each foggy-day advisory is taken seriously.

She contacts unit who unrecorded successful definite areas adjacent the schoolhouse to spot what the fog looks similar and hears from the Maintenance of Operations and Transportation Director astir what they're seeing earlier making a decision.

"What we spell by is that the Highway Patrol requirements is that we person to beryllium capable to spot 200 feet, the autobus operator does," said Pilgrim.

Visibility of 200 feet was not the lawsuit connected Thursday morning, marking the archetypal fog-related cancellation of the year.

Pilgrim says, portion each twelvemonth is different, the territory has make-up days already incorporated into its calendar, but yet information is ever the apical priority.

"We can't amended our kids if they are not present connected this world and its much important to america that they get present safely," said Pilgrim.

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