Class of 2024 will be graduating in a heat wave, some start times pushed back

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Some schools successful the Central Valley are making adjustments to their graduation ceremonies.

Clovis West High School volition beryllium pushing backmost its ceremonial commencement clip connected Wednesday from 7:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. due to the fact that of the heat.

On Tuesday morning, Clovis North High School students were mounting up and practicing to locomotion crossed the graduation stage.

Families and friends of the Class of 2024 volition beryllium filling the stands astatine Veterans Memorial Stadium to observe their accomplishments.

"Graduation is specified a rite of passage," said Kelly Avants with the Clovis Unified School District. "When you be 1 of our ceremonies, they truly are celebrations of our graduating class."

While students took portion successful past infinitesimal preps, the vigor from the prima could already beryllium felt. Students and unit wore hats and drank plentifulness of h2o to effort and enactment cool.

With a heatwave expected implicit the adjacent fewer days, Clovis Unified is making definite that radical enactment safe.

"Everything from hydration emphasis," said Avants. "Talking to kids starting aboriginal successful the day, making definite they're hydrated earlier coming to the event. Same happening for anyone attending.

Four graduations are happening this week wrong the Clovis Unified School District.

District spokesperson Kelly Avants said starting ceremonies aboriginal successful the evening, helps bushed the heat.

"Our stadiums are situated successful specified a mode that by the clip the gates are opening, overmuch of the stands are successful the shadiness by the clip graduation starts the fields are successful shadow," said Avants.

Over astatine the McLane High School successful Central Fresno, the signifier is besides acceptable for their graduates. The Fresno Unified School District is besides taking precautions.

"So we're bringing successful the assemblage scanners," said Bryan Wells, the Assistant Superintendent astatine the Fresno Unified School District. "But these are upgrades and truthful that mode we tin determination a full batch of radical done a batch quicker. They'll besides beryllium capable to bring successful water."

Wells adds 2 cooling centers volition besides beryllium connected site. With temperatures hitting the triple digits, Fresno Unified pushed backmost the commencement clip for Duncan Polytechnical High School from 7pm to 8pm connected Wednesday.

"We wanted to marque definite that we had that those benignant of a mitigation," said Wells. "They'll fto the prima spell down a small spot lower, truthful that mode families volition beryllium safe."

Both schoolhouse districts said h2o stations volition beryllium disposable for graduates and their guests.

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