LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – There will be no classes at Woodland Community College’s campuses this week due to air quality concerns resulting from the Camp fire, in addition to the Thanksgiving holiday.
All three Woodland Community College campuses – located in Yolo, Lake, and Colusa Counties - will be closed Monday, Nov. 19; Tuesday, Nov. 20; and Wednesday, Nov. 21.
Thursday, Nov. 22, and Friday, Nov. 23 were scheduled for closure as holidays.
On Saturday, Nov. 24 classes at the Woodland main campus will be held, as scheduled.
Campus closure updates will be posted on the college Web site at www.wcc.yccd.edu, Facebook at @WoodlandCommunityCollege, and via Twitter @WCCNewsToday.
“Throughout the past two weeks, college leaders have been reviewing service area air quality indices,” said Woodland Community College President Michael White. “My thanks go to Safety Committee co-chair, Dr. Ralph Robinson, who provided a thoughtful and thorough analysis of air quality using multiple sites. These analyses have indeed been complicated, as the impact on air quality within our expansive service area is comprised of several microclimates and air quality shifts considerably within hours each day.”
White added, “I am cautiously optimistic that Yolo County's air quality index will improve before Saturday, November 24. Our Saturday students have already lost one session due to our Nov. 17 closure. Saturday class sessions represent a significant portion of the fall semesters' total instructional hours, and thus, I have elected to open our Yolo campus for Saturday, November 24 classes (Lake and Colusa have no scheduled fall Saturday classes). If there is a change in this decision, students and employees will receive another communication.”
Separately, Mendocino College reported that all of its locations will continue to be open for normal business operations unless otherwise posted here. The air quality continues to stay at the lower end of unhealthy (unhealthy for sensitive groups) at the Ukiah, North County (Willits) and Lake Center locations. College officials encourage everyone to wear N-95 masks when outside.
Woodland Community College campuses to be closed for the week
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