Even as evacuation orders are now lifted, schools that were forced to close due to the troubled Oroville Dam spillway, will remain closed through the rest of the week.
Classrooms were empty again on Tuesday for dozens of school districts across Yuba, Butte and Sutter counties. Dr. Bal Dhillon is the Sutter County Superintendent of Schools. She notes that the counties are in constant contact. "(They are) trying to have a common message to our students, their families, and my superintendents have been really, really wonderful with that," said Dhillon. Dhillon adds that extending the closure will allow for safe travel back into town.
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Bill Ainsworth with the The State Department of Education says these schools qualify for relief through Average Daily Attendance Funding.
State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson writes, " Schools in California should not suffer financially for putting the safety of our students first based on these unprecedented flood dangers."
Sutter County school closure information will be found here. Butte County school closure information is here.