Ventura County schools to close next week
VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. - All schools in Ventura County will close for at least a week, as schools hope to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
The announcement was made Friday in a press release.
Starting Monday, all school districts in Ventura County will close their schools to help limit the spread of the coronavirus. The decision comes after Ventura County Public Health declared a local health emergency.
Most schools will be closed from Monday, March 16 through Friday, March 20. Some school districts will be closed longer.
- The Ventura Unified School District will be closed from Monday, March 16 through Friday, April 10.
- The Santa Paula Unified School District said they are closing all of their schools from March 16 - March 20. All district and school events are canceled beginning March 13 as well.
- The Ojai Unified School District will close all of their schools from March 16 - March 20.
- Briggs School District - Closed till March 20 until further notice
- Conejo Valley Unified School District - Closed till May 1
- Fillmore Unified School District - Closed till May 1
- Hueneme Elementary School District - Closed till May 1
- Mesa Union School District - Closed till May 1
- Moorpark Unified School District - Closed till May 1
- Mupu Elementary School District - Closed till May 1
- Oak Park Unified School District - Closed till May 1
- Ocean View School District - Closed till May 1
- Oxnard School District - Closed till May 1
- Oxnard Union High School District - Closed till May 4
- Pleasant Valley School District - Closed till May 1
- Rio School District - Closed till May 1
- Santa Clara Elementary School District - Closed till May 1
- Simi Valley Unified School District - Closed till May 1
- Somis Union School District - Closed till May 1
- Ventura County Office of Education - Closed till May 1
- Ventura Unified School District - Closed till May 1
Ventura County extended school district closures to May 1. Their new target date to reopen will be May 4 until further notice.
“The decision to close schools is never any easy one,” said Stan Mantooth, Ventura County Superintendent of Schools. “We are all devoted to the education of our children, but in this case, the health and safety of the community has to take top priority.”
For the latest updates on how schools are responding to the coronavirus, visit the county's coronavirus website.
For individual plans for each school district, visit the school district's website. A list can be found here.
Schools in Santa Barbara County will also be closed through at least March.