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LOS ANGELES (CNS) - All Los Angeles Unified School District schools will be closed Thursday, along with campuses in several other districts, as fierce winds continue to fan a series of wildfires.
LAUSD officials said in a statement the district is also "preparing for the possibility of online learning" on Friday, but that decision will not be made until sometime Thursday.
The district will distribute meals for students at eight sites -- two for each of the district's regions. The distribution will occur from 8 to 11 a.m. Thursday at:
-- North region: Mulholland Middle School, Sepulveda Middle School;
-- East region: Hollenbeck Middle School, South Gate High School;
-- South region: Fremont High School, Harry Bridges Span School; and
-- West region: Marina Del Rey Middle School, Sonia Sotomayor Arts and Sciences and Magnet.
All schools in the Glendale Unified School District, Burbank Unified School District, La Cañada Unified School District and the Pasadena Unified School District will be closed for the remainder of the week due to the fires.
Schools will be closed Thursday in the Alhambra, South Pasadena, San Marino, Arcadia and Monrovia unified school districts. All schools in the Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District will also be closed Thursday.
UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk said the university will "curtail campus operations, cancel undergraduate classes and move graduate courses to remote instruction" on Thursday and Friday. Frenk said Wednesday that while there is no fire danger to the campus, given an unexpected change in the wind patterns, school officials anticipate the air quality in Westwood to worsen.
