School Districts
ABC Unified
Anywhere County, CA
Orleans Elementary
Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified District
Total Closure Days
3
Total Closure Days
6
Total Closure Days
12
Total Closure Days
6
Total Closure Days
1
Total Closure Days
2
Total Closure Days
0
Total Closure Days
1
Total Closure Days
0
Total Closure Days
0
Total Closure Days
0
Total Closure Days
0
Total Closure Days
5
Total Closure Days
5
Total Closure Days
1
Total Closure Days
3
Total Closure Days
1
Schools Impacted
1
Schools Impacted
1
Schools Impacted
1
Schools Impacted
1
Schools Impacted
1
Schools Impacted
1
Schools Impacted
0
Schools Impacted
1
Schools Impacted
0
Schools Impacted
0
Schools Impacted
0
Schools Impacted
0
Schools Impacted
1
Schools Impacted
1
Schools Impacted
1
Schools Impacted
1
Schools Impacted
1
Students Impacted
86
Students Impacted
79
Students Impacted
77
Students Impacted
60
Students Impacted
61
Students Impacted
57
Students Impacted
0
Students Impacted
52
Students Impacted
0
Students Impacted
0
Students Impacted
0
Students Impacted
0
Students Impacted
54
Students Impacted
51
Students Impacted
45
Students Impacted
45
Students Impacted
49
Overall Closures
Reason | Category | Total Closure Days | Schools Impacted | Average Closure Days |
|---|
Reason | Category | Total Closure Days | Schools Impacted | Average Closure Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclement Weather | Natural Disasters & Weather | 23 | 1 | 23 |
| Facilities Issues | Infrastructure | 11 | 1 | 11 |
| Power Outage | Infrastructure | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| Orleans Complex Fires 2017 | Wildfires | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Other Reasons | Other | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Threat of Violence | Student Safety | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Canoe Fire 2003 | Wildfires | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Wildfire Closures
Natural Disasters & Weather Closures
Student Safety Closures
Infrastructure Closures
Other Closures
Reported Incidents
Nature of Emergency descriptions are included as they were detailed in records from the California Department of Education and may contain grammatical errors and inconsistencies.
Reason | Category | School Year | Total Closure Days | Enrollment | Description |
|---|
Reason | Category | School Year | Total Closure Days | Enrollment | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclement Weather | Natural Disasters & Weather | 2005-06 | 4 | 51 | Area suffered from days of torrential rains, high winds, flooding mudslides, and falling trees that shut down all roads, power and water systems. |
| Other Reasons | Other | 2018-19 | 1 | 86 | Day of Mourning due to the death of George H.W. Bush |
| Orleans Complex Fires 2017 | Wildfires | 2017-18 | 1 | 79 | Hazardous air quality due to Orleans Complex fire near Helena |
| Inclement Weather | Natural Disasters & Weather | 2016-17 | 1 | 77 | Inclement weather resulted in power outage and road closures. |
| Inclement Weather | Natural Disasters & Weather | 2016-17 | 5 | 77 | Inclement weather resulted in power outages and road closures |
| Inclement Weather | Natural Disasters & Weather | 2015-16 | 1 | 60 | Landslides cut off access to the school for many students and staff |
| Facilities Issues | Infrastructure | 2015-16 | 5 | 60 | Mold remediation |
| Facilities Issues | Infrastructure | 2016-17 | 5 | 77 | Mold, asbestos, and lead. |
| Power Outage | Infrastructure | 2003-04 | 1 | 45 | Power outage and road closure due to accident (9/2/03) |
| Power Outage | Infrastructure | 2016-17 | 1 | 77 | Power outage from tree falling |
| Inclement Weather | Natural Disasters & Weather | 2011-12 | 1 | 52 | Road closure due to rock slide on Highway 96 |
| Inclement Weather | Natural Disasters & Weather | 2004-05 | 1 | 45 | Severe snow storm causing power outages and road closures |
| Inclement Weather | Natural Disasters & Weather | 2005-06 | 1 | 51 | Severe snow storm causing power outages. |
| Inclement Weather | Natural Disasters & Weather | 2018-19 | 2 | 86 | Severe weather conditions |
| Inclement Weather | Natural Disasters & Weather | 2013-14 | 2 | 57 | Snow |
| Threat of Violence | Student Safety | 2014-15 | 1 | 61 | Threats of violence on social media |
| Power Outage | Infrastructure | 2017-18 | 2 | 79 | power outage |
| Power Outage | Infrastructure | 2003-04 | 1 | 45 | power outage |
| Power Outage | Infrastructure | 2002-03 | 1 | 49 | power outage |
| Inclement Weather | Natural Disasters & Weather | 2006-07 | 4 | 54 | severe snow storms causing power outages and road closures |
| Inclement Weather | Natural Disasters & Weather | 2017-18 | 1 | 79 | snow |
| Facilities Issues | Infrastructure | 2006-07 | 1 | 54 | water system failure and parts not readily available |
| Orleans Complex Fires 2017 | Wildfires | 2017-18 | 2 | 79 | wildfires |
| Canoe Fire 2003 | Wildfires | 2003-04 | 1 | 45 | wildland fire (9/25/03) |
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.