LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Most of Lake County’s schools will be closed on Friday as air quality conditions continue to be in the unhealthy range for students.
Two school districts, Lucerne Elementary and Upper Lake Unified, will remain open on Friday, according to the Lake County Office of Education.
Separately, Mendocino College reported it will remain open.
The Lake County Office of Education said the following schools and districts will be closed on Friday, Nov. 16:
– Clearlake Creativity School;
– Hance Community School;
– Kelseyville Unified School District;
– Konocti Unified School District;
– Lake County International Charter School;
– Lakeport Unified School District; and
– Middletown Unified School District.
– All Lake County Office of Education preschools, except for Lucerne. Preschools follow the lead of their host school. If the host school is closed, the preschool will close.
The Kelseyville and Konocti districts have reported that they anticipate to be closed for the remainder of the week and won’t resume classes until Nov. 26, after Thanksgiving break.
The Lake County Campus of Woodland Community College, as well as the Colusa County Campus and Woodland Community College Campus will be closed on Friday, Nov. 16, and Saturday, Nov. 17. Classes will reconvene on Monday, Nov. 19, the district reported.
“Wrestling with dynamic air quality data and weighing that against students’ access to college may be a ‘new norm’ for us all in Northern California,” said College President Dr. Michael White. “Our college administrative team has been monitoring several air quality websites over the past few days, attempting to make sense of varying and dynamic data.”
White said that on Thursday morning air quality in Yolo County, and the city of Woodland in particular, appeared to exceed 200 parts per million – dangerous for all populations. Lake and Colusa remain below 200 ppm this morning, but he said his decision to close includes those campuses as well because main campus services will be unavailable.
School staff throughout Lake County will continue to actively monitor air quality levels to ensure student safety.
To see dynamic air monitoring of Lake County and the region, visit PurpleAir.