STORY AND PHOTO BY KAREN BOSSICK

New lights at the intersection of Fox Acres and the entrance to Wood River High School and Silver Creek High School should enhance safety for students this coming school year.

The city has been working for two years on the project with Howard Royal, the school district’s director of Buildings and Grounds to get the funding in place. Additional lighting should be installed near Hailey Elementary at the intersection of Elm and Second streets in the near future.

More than a thousand students and staff travel through these intersections daily during the school year.

“Any way we can improve the overall safety of our students is important to our district,” said Jim Foudy, BCSD superintendent. “We are proud of our partnership with the City of Hailey and we look forward to working on future projects together. On behalf of the district, I would like to extend thanks to our local city officials for their ongoing efforts to improve safety around our buildings.”