Parents and guardians, the past few years our area has experienced air quality issues due to fires. We understand that air quality can have health implications for students and I want to assure you that as a school district we are keeping a close eye on air quality and are using a number of tools to make decisions regarding recess, PE, practices and rehearsals, and events.
Air quality for our local area is checked multiple times each day. While we do refer to Treasure Valley air quality predictions on DEQ’s website, we also pay very close attention to the real-time air monitoring station at Weiser and to the visibility portion of the weather service’s monitoring for Fruitland/Ontario, as those monitors are closest to our location. We use all of these tools to make decisions on outdoor activities, based on the Department of Health and Welfare’s recommendations for school activities.
It is very important that you notify your student’s school or coach if he/she is a member of a sensitive population or if you have concerns about him/her being outdoors for air quality reasons.
We hope your student has had a good start to the school year. Thank you for all you do for our schools!
