School Districts

ABC Unified

Anywhere County, CA

Schools

ABC High

ABC Unified

ABC Middle

ABC Unified

Gas Leak

Student Safety

School closures associated with gas leaks that put students at risk.
Year

Total Closure Days

2

< 1% of state total

Total Closure Days

1

< 1% of state total

Total Closure Days

2

< 1% of state total

Total Closure Days

13

< 1% of state total

Total Closure Days

2

< 1% of state total

Total Closure Days

1

< 1% of state total

Total Closure Days

1

< 1% of state total

Total Closure Days

3

< 1% of state total

Total Closure Days

2

< 1% of state total

Total Closure Days

0

Total Closure Days

5

< 1% of state total

Total Closure Days

3

< 1% of state total

Total Closure Days

3

< 1% of state total

Total Closure Days

4

< 1% of state total

Total Closure Days

8

1% of state total

Total Closure Days

0

Total Closure Days

2

< 1% of state total

Schools Impacted

1

< 1% of state total

Schools Impacted

1

< 1% of state total

Schools Impacted

1

< 1% of state total

Schools Impacted

6

< 1% of state total

Schools Impacted

2

< 1% of state total

Schools Impacted

1

< 1% of state total

Schools Impacted

1

< 1% of state total

Schools Impacted

3

< 1% of state total

Schools Impacted

2

< 1% of state total

Schools Impacted

0

< 1% of state total

Schools Impacted

2

< 1% of state total

Schools Impacted

3

< 1% of state total

Schools Impacted

3

< 1% of state total

Schools Impacted

4

< 1% of state total

Schools Impacted

5

< 1% of state total

Schools Impacted

0

< 1% of state total

Schools Impacted

1

< 1% of state total

Students Impacted

37

< 1% of state total

Students Impacted

531

< 1% of state total

Students Impacted

555

< 1% of state total

Students Impacted

1,347

< 1% of state total

Students Impacted

367

< 1% of state total

Students Impacted

211

< 1% of state total

Students Impacted

624

< 1% of state total

Students Impacted

2,079

< 1% of state total

Students Impacted

1,234

< 1% of state total

Students Impacted

0

< 1% of state total

Students Impacted

2,339

< 1% of state total

Students Impacted

2,783

< 1% of state total

Students Impacted

1,108

< 1% of state total

Students Impacted

4,074

< 1% of state total

Students Impacted

1,665

< 1% of state total

Students Impacted

0

< 1% of state total

Students Impacted

656

< 1% of state total


Overall Closures

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Total Closures Days
Schools Impacted
Students Impacted

Schools in reason

School
District
Total Closure Days
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School
District
Total Closure Days
Mountain View Learning AcademyAlpine Union Elementary4
Shadow Hills ElementaryAlpine Union Elementary4
SIATechVista Unified4
Bridgeport ElementarySaugus Union4
Alta Vista ElementaryAlta Vista Elementary3
Shasta County Special EducationShasta County Office of Education2
Joan MacQueen MiddleAlpine Union Elementary2
Sierra Mountain MiddleTahoe-Truckee Unified2
Barry ElementaryYuba City Unified1
Creekside Early Learning CenterAlpine Union Elementary1
Harmony ElementaryHarmony Union Elementary1
Salmon Creek School - A CharterHarmony Union Elementary1
Placer County Special EducationPlacer County Office of Education1
Abraham Lincoln ContinuationRiverside Unified1
Hope ElementaryHope Elementary1
Santa Rita ElementarySanta Rita Union Elementary1
Escalon HighEscalon Unified1
San Joaquin County Special EducationSan Joaquin County Office of Education1
Cesar E. Chavez ElementaryWest Contra Costa Unified1
Gardner ElementarySan Jose Unified1
Willard ElementaryPasadena Unified1
Lammersville ElementaryLammersville Elementary1
Junction City ElementaryJunction City Elementary1
Rosemont HighSacramento City Unified1
Columbia ElementaryEastside Union Elementary1
White Hill MiddleRoss Valley Elementary1
Alta Vista Community DayAlta Vista Elementary1
Mountain View ElementarySimi Valley Unified1
Antelope Valley HighAntelope Valley Union High1
Douglas City ElementaryDouglas City Elementary1
Parsons Junior HighEnterprise Elementary1
Heritage ElementaryLodi Unified1
Warner Junior/Senior HighWarner Unified1
San Jose Valley Continuation HighWarner Unified1
Warner ElementaryWarner Unified1

Methodology and Data

In California, school districts that close schools for emergencies can request that the California Department of Education protect their attendance-based funding. Such requests, known as Form J-13A waivers, must list the closed schools, dates, number of lost days and reasons for the emergency. Using the California Public Records Act, CalMatters compiled the 17 years of these requests on file with the department to build a school-site level database of reported school closures.

Closure days were defined as one lost day of instruction at a single public school site. School that did not report any closures or where enrollment could not be verified were omitted.

School districts self-report their closure information to state education authorities, who hand-enter it into a database for internal use. For this reason, it may contain errors and inconsistencies. Because the state does not specify a deadline for requesting J-13A waivers, some districts submitted multiple school closure incidents on a single request, or submitted multiple requests for a single incident. In these cases, CalMatters manually cleaned and sorted the data.

If you have any questions about the database, discover any errors or have interest in downloading the data, please email ricardo@calmatters.org. Read more about our data in our full methodology.