CLOVIS, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Several school districts sheltered in place while the Central Valley experienced four tornadoes within hours of each other this week.
Central Unified was one of those districts. They tell YourCentralValley.com that they brought all students inside, they sheltered in place, and notified parents about what was going on. “Our goal is to send a notification to parents within 15 minutes after we have initiated any kind of safety protocol,” said Kelly Avants, Clovis Unified’s Chief Communications Officer.
After the tornado warning was issued, all Clovis Unified parents should have received messages like these, informing parents that the entire district was sheltering in place.
“Every school in California has safe school plans. We practice those plans. Certainly, it’s atypical for someone to be a weather-related event, and typically, there are things around other kinds of emergencies,” shared Avants. She says, unlike a lockdown, where students are instructed to hide under desks. Class continues as usual during a shelter-in-place…