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    Mountain fire leads to school closures in Ventura County

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    Some Ventura County schools will be closed Thursday after a wildfire broke out Wednesday morning near Balcom Canyon and Bradley roads.

    The Mountain Fire has burned nearly 10,500 hectares, sending blankets of smoke and ash across the region. As of Wednesday evening, dozens of county school districts and individual campuses serving more than 70,000 students had announced closures for Thursday, according to a list compiled by the Ventura County Office of Education.

    Of those, three — Santa Paula Unified School District, Mesa Union School District and ACE Charter School — also announced they would cancel classes on Friday.

    Campus closures

    As of 8 p.m. Wednesday, these campuses and districts planned to close Thursday:

    • ACE Charter High School
    • Mesa Union School District (all locations)
    • Santa Paula Unified School District (all locations)
    • Bridges Charter School
    • Briggs School District (all locations)
    • Campus Canyon Elementary (Moorpark USD)
    • CAPE Charter School
    • Chaparral High School (Moorpark USD)
    • Golden Valley Charter School Resource Center
    • High school at Moorpark College (Moorpark USD)
    • Hueneme Elementary School District (all locations)
    • Ivy Tech Charter School Resource Center
    • MATES Charter School
    • Mupu Elementary School District (all locations)
    • Oxnard School District (all locations)
    • Oxnard Union High School District (all locations)
    • Peach Hill Elementary (Moorpark USD)
    • Peak Prep Academy Resource Center
    • Pleasant Valley School District (all locations)
    • Rio School District (all locations)
    • River Oaks Academy Resource Centers (Oxnard and Westlake)
    • Santa Clara Elementary School District (all locations)
    • Somis Union School District (all locations)
    • St. Bonaventure High School
    • University Preparatory Charter School
    • Ventura Charter School
    • Ventura Unified School District (all locations)
    • Vista Real Charter High School (all locations)

    Schools respond to the consequences of mountain fires

    Schools felt the consequences of the so-called Bergfire all day on Wednesday. According to a statement from the Pleasant Valley School District, Camarillo Heights Elementary School was evacuated just after 12:30 p.m. and the remaining students were bused to Monte Vista Middle School. Oxnard Union High School District closed eight high schools — including Rancho Campana, Camarillo, Rio Mesa, Channel Islands, Del Sol, Hueneme, Oxnard and Pacifica — and transported Rancho Campana students to Camarillo High for pickup. Jesus Vaca, director of the Somis School, said in an early afternoon interview that the campus of 219 students was in the “lucky part of the city” and did not need to be evacuated. However, some students were expected to remain on campus after the school day because their family homes are within the evacuation zone.

    Isaiah Murtaugh covers education for the Ventura County Star. Reach him at [email protected] or 805-437-0236 and follow him on Twitter @isaiahmurtaugh And @vcsschools.

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