Parents of students near the recently ravaged Palisades and Eaton fire zones in California are raising concerns about the safety of returning to school, questioning the thoroughness of cleanup efforts and the potential lingering health risks from smoke, ash, and debris. Despite assurances from school officials that campuses have been cleaned and are safe, many parents remain apprehensive and are demanding more transparency and stringent safety protocols.
Chris Dennis walked up Palm Street and down Lincoln Avenue in west Altadena, past charred husks of houses and cindered carcasses of cars. The Eaton fire had destroyed his family's nearby home, but his son's school was still standing. And Dennis wanted to see it. The route he took Jan. 25 was the same one he used each morning when he'd walk his kindergartner son to Odyssey Charter School. Now, though, 'It's just wasteland,' Dennis said.
But even handwashing would be complicated at Canyon, where the water is still not potable. Officials say it can be used only to clean hands if it's completely unheated. Bottled water has been brought in for the school's roughly 400 students. Patel said she advised exercising 'greater caution in the schools that were closer to the burn sites and have more ash.' On Jan.
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