PATTERSON, Calif. — Several students and staff members reported feeling discomfort on March 13 after weed-control spraying occurred on the campus of the Patterson Joint Unified School District’s Apricot Valley Elementary School, according to district officials.
Superintendent Reyes Gauna said the district received a report at about 11:45 a.m. that a grounds employee was spraying Cornerstone herbicide on campus.
Shortly afterward, several students and staff reported experiencing discomfort after being near an area where weed control had recently been applied…