Humboldt County Office of Education (Only one school, NU Humboldt is remaining open)
NU-Humboldt Charter School Note: The school is suspending in person classes but have online classes instead. Click the link for more information.
Orick Elementary School District
Orick School K-8
Press release from the Humboldt County Office of Education:
California and Humboldt County are working hard to fight the spread of COVID-19. Humboldt County Office of Education (HCOE) has facilitated several meetings with local school district and health officials to determine how to best and fully support districts pausing on site school instruction.
HCOE Superintendent Chris Hartley shares his full support of temporary school closures and anticipates that most county districts will announce school closures to their respective communities today. He states, “all districts in Humboldt County are immensely concerned and invested in maintaining the safety and well-being of all students and our community. Given the complexity and uncertainty of COVID-19 spread, it is sensible to foster as much social distancing in our schools as possible.”
Senator McGuire attended a conference call with HCOE and District leaders this morning, and shared his support of pausing school on site services for all districts throughout Humboldt County. “There is no doubt that the lives of North Coast residents are being dramatically altered. Millions across the state are sacrificing: families, workers, small businesses and local nonprofits,” Senator McGuire states. “Closing down on-site education at school campuses, ceasing community gatherings and stopping group meetings is the only way to slow the spread of the virus. The quicker we all act and practice social distancing, the more infections we’ll prevent. Superintendent Hartley is 100% doing the right thing, and we’ll be working with him in the weeks to come to ensure the needs of all students are being met.”
For the majority of school districts, the closures will begin Monday, March 16 and continue through March 30.
Districts will continue to evaluate and assess information as it becomes available and may announce longer closures depending on further guidance from State officials.School personnel are encouraged to await information from their specific districts for information regarding reporting to individual work sites. Up to date information regarding these closures and individual district time-lines will be available on our website: www.hcoe.org/covid-19.
This decision was not made lightly as all districts recognize this may cause a hardship for some families. Each district will continue to communicate directly with families and staff with updates regarding meal distribution, optional enrichment activities or distance learning, and any childcare options that will be available.
We appreciate the community’s support in taking proactive steps to fight the spread of COVID-19. These steps to prevent illness make a significant difference in safeguarding the health of our communities, and we encourage continued attention in this effort.
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Mendocino County Schools:
Leggett Valley Schools: Open tomorrow then closed.
Willits Unified School closed
Press release from the Mendocino County Health Officer and Mendocino County Office of Education Issue Statement Regarding Modified Schooling:
County Health Officer Dr. Noemi Doohan and Mendocino County Superintendent Michelle Hutchins are issuing the following statement regarding modified schooling:
By March 17th all school districts in Mendocino County will transition to modified schooling. The Mendocino County Office of Education and Mendocino County Health Officer will work directly with the school districts in early April to reevaluate the need for continued modified schooling after spring break. School districts across Mendocino County will be customizing the modified schooling approach based on local needs and resources, which may include suspending site based learning.
Health Officer Dr. Noemi Doohan stated, “After discussions with the Superintendents of every district in Mendocino County, I support the decision of our education leaders to initiate modified schooling until mid-April. As a community we must emphasize the importance of social distancing with our children to make the transition to modified schooling an effective mitigation strategy for COVID-19.”
County Superintendent Michelle Hutchins stated, “The collaborative effort of our school leaders and Health Officer is impressive. I applaud the efforts of each school leader as they work with their schools to employ modified schooling. Public Health is supporting each school district to define the particulars of modified schooling to best meet the needs of each community and make best use of local resources.”
Please visit www.mendocinocounty.org for the latest local news on COVID-19. For general health related questions or other concerns regarding COVID-19, please call Mendocino County’s Call Center at (707) 234-6052 or email [email protected]
. The call center will be open during regular business hours, Monday – Friday from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Trinity County Closures:
Information from Mountain Valley Unified School District:
NOTE: We regret that we incorrectly listed Bridgeville as closed. It will be open Monday, March 16.
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I realize that this is a list of Humboldt county schools but all Del Norte County Unified schools are closed starting tomorrow as well.
Thank you! I searched out the info and added it.
All Eureka City Schools are closed until April 20!
Pacific Union, K-8, in Arcata is closed for the next two weeks. As of Noon Sunday March 15, 2020.
I heard Willits, Laytonville and Leggett school districts have closed their schools. Maybe Fort Bragg too.
Children’s House at Beginnings Inc. in Briceland is still open. Not sure about Skyfish School, though. I’m assuming yes since Children’s House is ope , but I’d double check.
Northern United Charter Schools too. Briceland Learning Center -known as Skyfish, Redway Learning Center locally.
http://www.nucharters.org/nu-humboldt-learning-centers/
I’m confused- “Eureka City Schools, a Unified District (NOTE: Most of the district schools are open. Only the one listed below is closed.)”
Then it lists 11 schools …….
That is my fault. I’m sorry. When I updated after Eureka City Schools voted to cancel, I forgot to remove the piece of information from before. It’s been deleted now.
Hi Kym just thought you should know pine hill is TK-3
I got the info from the HCOE site: https://hcoe.org/schools/ Maybe it isn’t up to date?
Well, it’s a moot point as Eureka City Schools has, thankfully, come to their senses.
will south fork high school be providing meal’s as outlined by the governors request?
Anybody heard anything?
mendo school’s have made arrangements to provide students meals during the closure
What about Trinity County?