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Another Spare the Air alert issued for Friday due to wildfire smoke

Original post made on Sep 21, 2023

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has extended a Spare the Air alert through Friday due to wildfire smoke that continues to linger in the region from fires burning further north in California and southern Oregon.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, September 21, 2023, 11:31 AM

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Posted by Steven Nelson
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Sep 21, 2023 at 2:35 pm

Steven Nelson is a registered user.

& Around (our Mountain View) Town
Our town has a school district (MVWSD) that has what I think of as a well reasoned and vetted process that deals with this environmental problem.

It is based on the local air particulate monitoring - (the link above) and a specific process that uses this monitor data to chose what options a local principal should use. [Districts webpage link below]

Web Link

The 'physical' implementation of this student safety process is aided by the high air filtering classroom improvement work that was done during the heights of The Pandemic.


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