SAN DIEGO — All 42 school districts within San Diego County announced Friday they were closing all campuses to help curb the spread of coronavirus.
“Out of an abundance of caution, and in consultation with local public health, many San Diego County school districts will close March 16 in order to curb the potential transmission of COVID-19,” the San Diego County Office of Education wrote in a tweet Friday morning.
Read our story on San Diego Unified School District’s closure here.
Beginning Monday, many school districts in San Diego County will be handing out free, packaged meals to their students.
County officials are updating a list of closed school districts and anticipated reopening dates on their website. All schools plan to suspend in-person instruction next Monday, and the days they tentatively plan to reopen are noted. Some closures include the districts’ scheduled spring breaks:
- Alpine Union School District (through April 13)
- Bonsall Unified School District (through April 6)
- Borrego Springs Unified School District (through March 27)
- Cajon Valley Union School District (through April 20)
- Cardiff School District (through March 27)
- Carlsbad Unified School District
- Chula Vista Elementary School District (through April 3)
- Coronado Unified School District (through April 3)
- Dehesa School District (through April 17)
- Del Mar Union School District
- Encinitas Union School District (through April 10)
- Escondido Union Elementary School District (through April 13)
- Escondido Union High School District (through April 13)
- Fallbrook Union Elementary School District (through April 10)
- Fallbrook Union High School District (through April 10)
- Grossmont Union High School District (through April 10)
- Jamul-Dulzura Union School District (through April 20)
- Julian Union Elementary School District (through April 3)
- Julian Union High School District (through April 3)
- Juvenile Court and Community Schools (through April 3)
- La Mesa-Spring Valley School District (through April 10)
- Lakeside Union School District (through April 17)
- Lemon Grove School District (through April 17)
- Mountain Empire Unified School District (through April 13)
- National School District
- Oceanside Unified School District (through April 10)
- Poway Unified School District (through April 6)
- Ramona Unified School District (through March 27)
- Rancho Santa Fe School District
- San Diego Unified School District (through April 6)
- San Dieguito Union High School District
- San Marcos Unified School District
- San Pasqual Union School District (through April 13)
- Santee School District (through April 10)
- San Ysidro School District (through April 6 (staff)/April 7 (students)
- Solana Beach School District
- South Bay Union School District (through April 3)
- Spencer Valley School District (through April 6)
- Sweetwater Union High School District (through April 3)
- Vallecitos School District (through April 14)
- Valley Center-Pauma Unified School District (through March 30)
- Vista Unified School District (through April 6)
- Warer Unified School District (through March 27)
Confirmed charter school closures include:
- Albert Einstein Academies (through April 13)
- Americas Finest Charter School
- Calvary Christian Academy (through April 3)
- Escondido Charter High School (through April 13)
- Gompers Preparatory Academy (through April 6)
- Greater San Diego Academy (through April 20)
- Guajome Schools (through April 3)
- Hawking STEAM Charter Schools
- Heritage K-8 Charter School (through April 13)
- Kidinnu Academy (through April 17)
- KIPP Adelante Preparatory Academy (through April 3)
- MAAC Community Charter School (through April 3)
- National University Academy – Dual Language Institute
- North County Trade Tech High School (through April 6)
- River Valley Charter School (thourhg April 17)
- San Diego Diocese (all parish and diocesan schools)
- San Diego Global Vision Academy (through April 6)
- The Preuss School UC San Diego (until April 6)
- Urban Discovery Schools (through April 6)
