Updated 7:30 p.m. to add one San Diego school.
School districts throughout the North County announced they would remain closed Friday because of the wildfires, poor air quality, heat and staffing difficulties, while most, but not all city of San Diego schools will re-open.
All campuses in the Bonsall Union, Cardiff, Carlsbad Unified, Del Mar Union, Encinitas Union, Escondido Union Elementary, Escondido Union High, Fallbrook Union Elementary and Fallbrook Union High districts will be closed.
Also shut down will be schools in the Oceanside Unified, Poway Unified, Ramona Unified, Rancho Santa Fe, San Dieguito Union High, San Marcos Unified, San Pasqual Union, Solana Beach, Vallecitos, Valley Center-Pauma Unified and Vista Unified districts.
Cathedral Catholic High School will also be closed Friday.
Also shut down will be San Pasqual Academy, Vista Discovery, Reflection School, Breaking Cycles School, Teen Outreach-North School, Fallbrook Academy, Escondido Community School, as will the North County Regional Education Center, North County Academy, all special education programs operated by the North Coastal Consortium for Special Education, HOPE Infant programs in the Northern Region, and Migrant Education programs in the Northern Region.
In the city of San Diego, schools are to remain closed in Mira Mesa and Scripps Ranch. They are: Scripps Ranch High School and Thurgood Marshall Middle School; Dingeman, EB Scripps, Jerabek and Miramar Ranch elementary schools in Scripps Ranch; Mira Mesa High School and Twain Mesa High School, Challenger and Wangenheim middle schools, and Ericson, Hage, Hickman, Mason, Sandburg and Walker elementary schools and Walker Child Development Center in Mira Mesa.
For colleges, Cal State San Marcos and Palomar College will remain closed because of a wildfire that raged in the hills above San Marcos. MiraCosta College’s three campuses are tentatively scheduled to be open.
San Marcos also has rescheduled postponed commencement ceremonies for the weekend of May 24 and 25.
On May 24, the College of Business Administration graduation will be held at 10:30 a.m., while the College of Education, Health and Human Services graduation will be at 4:30 p.m.
The next day, the College of Humanities, Arts, Behavioral and Social Sciences will hold ceremonies beginning at 9:30 a.m., followed by the College of Science and Mathematics at 3:00 p.m.
School districts in central San Diego County are planning to re-open Friday, including the Cajon Valley, Coronado Unified, Grossmont Union High, La Mesa-Spring Valley and Santee districts, among others.
The San Diego County Office of Education said each district in fire-impacted areas must inventory its sites for cleanliness and air quality to ensure they are safe for children and staff to occupy.
– City News Service
