- Elizabeth Larson
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School districts report on Wednesday closures, plans to reopen
Closures among local school districts for Wednesday include Kelseyville, Konocti and the Middletown Unified school districts, the Lake County International Charter School and the Lake County Office of Education’s Clearlake Community School, according to Rob Young, the Lake County Office of Education’s emergency services and special projects coordinator.
Young said the Lucerne, Lakeport and Upper Lake school districts plan to be open on Wednesday.
The local community college districts also are to remain closed on Wednesday, officials said.
Due to the fires in both Mendocino and Lake counties, Mendocino College Ukiah Campus, North County Center in Willits, the Lake Center in Lakeport and the Coast Center in Fort Bragg are canceling all classes and on-campus events and activities on Wednesday, according to college spokesperson Jessica Silva.
Silva said the Mendocino-Lake Community College District made the decision for the safety of all of its staff and students.
The Woodland Community College’s Lake County Campus also will remain closed on Wednesday, according to Executive Dean Annette Lee.
As for damage, Lee said there is no known damage to her college’s facilities, but there is a lot of debris from the windstorm.
Information was not available on Tuesday about possible damage to Mendocino College district facilities.
Young said the local school districts don’t have reports of damage.
Pomo School, which is located in the Sulphur fire evacuation area, may have some spoiled food in its kitchens, he said.
Konocti Unified Superintendent of Schools Donna Becnel told community members at a Sulphur fire town hall in Clearlake about the Wednesday school closure.
She said the district anticipated reopening schools on Thursday, with the exception of Pomo School, which will need to be thoroughly cleaned.
While classes are canceled, Mendocino College said it is making facilities on the Ukiah Campus at 1000 Hensley Creek Road available for public use from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.
The district said bathrooms and showers are available in the Mendocino College Athletic Building. Towels, shampoo, soap and other hygiene items are provided.
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