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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story contains a correction.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A group of parents at Roots International Academy, an East Oakland middle school that's been targeted for closure, say the district's plans were made without their input. They are headed to Wednesday night's school board meeting to demand answers, saying they've been living with the fear and stress of not knowing what will happen to their students next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of its\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11712318/oakland-considers-opportunity-ticket-to-funnel-more-minority-students-into-top-schools\"> controversial plan\u003c/a> to begin closing or merging up to 24 schools in the coming year, Oakland Unified School District had promised \u003ca href=\"https://ousd.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3727236&GUID=2F788976-5A80-4BBA-B940-0E878F99B445&Options=&Search=\">community input\u003c/a> on which schools would be closed. But that's something some parents at Roots Academy say hasn't happened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They didn't ask us,\" said Ady Rios, whose son is a seventh-grader at Roots. \"We were not part of it. They did it on their own.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school district informed parents of the closure plan shortly before the winter holiday break. It pointed to the school's extremely low scores and dwindling enrollment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11717124\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11717124 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/AdyRios-800x698.jpg\" alt=\"Ady Rios is the parent of a 7th grader at Roots International Academy, which is slated to be closed by OUSD.\" width=\"800\" height=\"698\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/AdyRios-800x698.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/AdyRios-160x140.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/AdyRios-1020x890.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/AdyRios-1200x1048.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/AdyRios.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ady Rios is the parent of a seventh-grader at Roots International Academy, which is slated to be closed by OUSD. \u003ccite>(Julia McEvoy/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Roots Academy was created in an earlier district reform effort to create smaller schools that could provide more support for at-risk students, according to teacher Rebecca Blakley. She agreed the school has been on shaky ground for a while.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I see why, to people who are not in the school, it makes sense on paper,\" said Blakley. But she said her middle school students appreciate the tight-knit community and family feel of the school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of its closure plan, Oakland Unified is proposing to expand the neighboring school, Coliseum College Prep Academy (CCPA), into the space that Roots currently occupies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district is still working to determine what the savings will be with the closure of Roots, said Oakland schools spokesman John Sasaki in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'[My daughter] was almost in tears. 'What is going to happen to our teachers? What’s going to happen to my friends? Are we even going to go to the same school?' It’s just ... question after question I had no answers to.'\u003ccite>Sylvia Ornelas, Roots International Academy parent\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>But Blakley questions the criteria for and cost effectiveness of closing her school. If falling enrollment is a factor, she said, why pick on Roots Academy?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I’m fairly sure other schools are suffering enrollment,\" Blakley said. \"But they are not as quickly put up for closure.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They are targeting us. It's gentrification,\" speculated Rios, the seventh-grader's mother. \"There is more building going on around here and they want us out.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>School district officials said they will work with Roots families to find the best placement for their children. But Rios fears that students like her son will face stigma wherever they go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What are they going to feel?\" asked Rios. \"They're coming from the school that didn't go good, because that's what you're telling them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another Roots parent, Sylvia Ornelas, said without a clear path for the school's students, there is fear, confusion and, for her daughter, a lot of questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"She was almost in tears,\" Ornelas said. \"What is going to happen to our teachers? How are they going to go somewhere else? What’s going to happen to my friends? Are we even going to go to the same school? It’s just, like, question after question I had no answers to.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right next door to Roots, Coliseum College Prep Academy is considered a relatively successful middle and high school. But it's unclear how many of Roots Academy's students would end up at CCPA. Spokesman Sasaki said in a statement that \"integrating 150 students into another school such as CCPA would be far too disruptive for everyone involved, the students, staff and families.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Sasaki, seventh- and eighth-graders could be sent to attend Elmhurst Community, Greenleaf, Madison Park Upper and Urban Promise Academy schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11711449/as-potential-closures-loom-oakland-parents-want-opportunity-ticket-to-access-better-schools\">As Potential Closures Loom, Oakland Parents Want ‘Opportunity Ticket’ to Access Better Schools\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11711449/as-potential-closures-loom-oakland-parents-want-opportunity-ticket-to-access-better-schools\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Lakisha-Young-e1541535688680-1180x938.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Parent advocate Lakisha Young with \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandreach.org\">The Oakland REACH\u003c/a> said the district's current work to consolidate and merge schools is supposed to bring students in East and West Oakland better-quality schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Here we are sitting on top of an issue where a low-performing school has the potential to be still in the neighborhood and merge into a higher-quality school,\" said Young.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she is concerned about how the district is communicating with parents and families. She fears that lack of information and clarity will contribute to the community's feelings of helplessness and anger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm sorry but they need to figure out how to make it work,\" Young said. \"It's going to be a bit of a challenge. But if this can't work, if this can't get figured out, I think we're a long way from being able to figure out real quality solutions for families.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many see what happens to Roots Academy's students and their families as a test case of how the district will treat other East Oakland school communities on the chopping block. 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But that's something some parents at Roots Academy say hasn't happened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They didn't ask us,\" said Ady Rios, whose son is a seventh-grader at Roots. \"We were not part of it. They did it on their own.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school district informed parents of the closure plan shortly before the winter holiday break. It pointed to the school's extremely low scores and dwindling enrollment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11717124\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11717124 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/AdyRios-800x698.jpg\" alt=\"Ady Rios is the parent of a 7th grader at Roots International Academy, which is slated to be closed by OUSD.\" width=\"800\" height=\"698\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/AdyRios-800x698.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/AdyRios-160x140.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/AdyRios-1020x890.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/AdyRios-1200x1048.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/AdyRios.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ady Rios is the parent of a seventh-grader at Roots International Academy, which is slated to be closed by OUSD. \u003ccite>(Julia McEvoy/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Roots Academy was created in an earlier district reform effort to create smaller schools that could provide more support for at-risk students, according to teacher Rebecca Blakley. She agreed the school has been on shaky ground for a while.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I see why, to people who are not in the school, it makes sense on paper,\" said Blakley. But she said her middle school students appreciate the tight-knit community and family feel of the school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of its closure plan, Oakland Unified is proposing to expand the neighboring school, Coliseum College Prep Academy (CCPA), into the space that Roots currently occupies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district is still working to determine what the savings will be with the closure of Roots, said Oakland schools spokesman John Sasaki in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'[My daughter] was almost in tears. 'What is going to happen to our teachers? What’s going to happen to my friends? Are we even going to go to the same school?' 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"content": "\u003cp>Oakland Unified School District is solidifying plans to close and consolidate schools. Specifics are expected early next year, but just the idea of school closures is alarming some parents, students and teachers who say they’re not about to let their school close without a fight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the weekend, people gathered in downtown Oakland to begin plotting a community response to the looming closures.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11711449/as-potential-closures-loom-oakland-parents-want-opportunity-ticket-to-access-better-schools\">As Potential Closures Loom, Oakland Parents Want ‘Opportunity Ticket’ to Access Better Schools\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11711449/as-potential-closures-loom-oakland-parents-want-opportunity-ticket-to-access-better-schools\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/IMG_3937-1180x885.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“There’s only one way that we can stop this, and that’s organizing and making sure that we defend our schools,” local public education activist Mike Hutchinson told the crowd at Geoffrey’s Inner Circle. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Once we organize one school site, we can’t stop there. We need to organize by neighborhood and citywide.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hutchinson helped organize the event, which drew about 100 people. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Today was kind of two-fold,” he said, “to get information to folks so they can understand what the school board is planning to do, and hopefully that would inspire them to start fighting against those plans.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11711500\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11711500\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/IMG_0854-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/IMG_0854-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/IMG_0854-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/IMG_0854-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/IMG_0854-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/IMG_0854-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/IMG_0854.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Local public education activist Mike Hutchinson told the crowd to start organizing against the district's plan. \u003ccite>(Vanessa Rancaño/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With enrollment down, OUSD officials say they can’t keep all 87 of their schools open. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their \u003ca href=\"https://ousd.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3727236&GUID=2F788976-5A80-4BBA-B940-0E878F99B445&Options=&Search=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">initial analysis\u003c/a> projects that five years from now, there’ll be more than 10,000 empty seats. The district’s early estimate is that it needs 24 fewer schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>High school teacher Chris Jackson, who attended Sunday’s event, said morale in the district is already low after years of cuts. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After we’ve made cut after cut, the final insult has been to close our schools down,\" Jackson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11703765/parents-in-oaklands-worst-schools-want-out-see-open-enrollment-as-their-chance\">Parents in Oakland's Worst Schools Want Out, See Open Enrollment as Their Chance\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11703765/parents-in-oaklands-worst-schools-want-out-see-open-enrollment-as-their-chance\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Lakisha-Young-e1541535688680-1180x938.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Jackson teaches at Castlemont High School in East Oakland, the region with the most schools, and where 17 of the 24 estimated closures would take place. He’s already worried about what that would mean for his students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of our students can’t go to certain areas because of gang activity and because of their safety,” Jackson said. “We’re going to be forcing students to walk through these areas that are not safe for them. A lot of our students have huge transportation issues.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When school started this year, Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell admitted closing schools wasn’t going to be an easy task. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No one likes having to change a school. Schools are part of a community,” she said. “They're hard, difficult conversations. They're emotional conversations. They're equity-charged conversations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11711503\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11711503 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/IMG_0866-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/IMG_0866-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/IMG_0866-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/IMG_0866-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/IMG_0866-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/IMG_0866-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/IMG_0866.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">At Sunday's event, teachers said looming closures are contributing to their dissatisfaction and willingness to take a hardline stance as labor negotiations continue to falter. \u003ccite>(Vanessa Rancaño/KQED )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2018/california-governor-signs-bill-that-could-yield-millions-for-oakland-and-inglewood-schools/602409\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">state bailout money\u003c/a> available to OUSD hinges on the district showing it’s taking steps to fix its finances. Closing schools is a key part of the district’s longterm plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But like others at the community meeting, Jackson and Hutchinson argued closures will disproportionately impact kids in Oakland’s flatlands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the schools closed or consolidated are expected to be elementary schools, plus a handful of middle schools and one high school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district is expected to provide more detail on the plan in February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"disqusTitle": "To Close or Not to Close for Bad Air? No Easy Answer for Bay Area Schools",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/wildfires/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Follow KQED's ongoing wildfire coverage.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hundreds of thousands of Bay Area students and teachers \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11706584/friday-school-closures-and-restrictions-announced-for-the-bay-area\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stayed home from school\u003c/a> Friday after dirty air from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11705243/california-wildfires-what-you-need-to-know\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Camp Fire\u003c/a> led many districts across the region to cancel classes. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The highly unusual decision came down to school leaders, who were often left to make judgment calls in the absence of clear protocols.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is new for us,” says Napa County Superintendent of Schools Barbara Nemko. “It may be becoming the new normal, but it’s not normal yet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around the region, education officials described consultations with county health and air quality district officials, and protracted discussions that weighed concerns from parents and teachers against concern for kids’ safety at home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This was not an easy decision. It was not made lightly,” says Alameda County Office of Education spokeswoman Michelle Smith-McDonald. \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1926793/protecting-your-health-from-toxic-wildfire-smoke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Protect Yourself From Wildfire Smoke\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1926793/protecting-your-health-from-toxic-wildfire-smoke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/07/GettyImages-1006311468-1180x803.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Residents in the path of wildfire smoke can take certain precautionary measures to protect their lungs from smoke pollution. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1926793/protecting-your-health-from-toxic-wildfire-smoke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more\u003c/a> about how to protect yourself.\u003c/p>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>All public schools in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco and Solano counties were closed on Friday. Some schools in San Mateo, Santa Clara and Sonoma counties stayed open because it’s not a certainty that keeping kids home is any better for their health. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no evidence that children are more safe from smoke or particulate matter at home than at school,” says Alameda County Interim Health Officer Erica Pan. “In some cases air quality may be better at school than at home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Nemko, that was an important consideration. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are very aware the we have the best HVAC system anywhere,” she says. “So the air quality probably inside school buildings is as good or better than at home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But superintendents were contending with complaints from parents and teachers, and in some cases, high numbers of teacher absences due to health conditions triggered by smoke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Oakland, teachers union president Keith Brown sent a letter to the superintendent of the Oakland Unified School District asking the district to either provide masks for all students and teachers or cancel school. If not, Brown said teachers would consider not showing up to work. In some cases, Brown says, teachers reported worse air quality inside school buildings than outside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nemko says it was a tough spot to be in. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think no matter what we decide there will be people on each side of the issue that will be unhappy,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How Do Schools Decide Whether to Close?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Public health officials played varying roles in the decisions made by schools across the region. \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1930023/map-heres-your-daily-air-quality-report-for-the-bay-area\" target=\"_blank\">MAP: Here's Your Current Air Quality Report for the Bay Area\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Air-Quality-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"483\" height=\"367\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11707050\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Air-Quality-3.png 483w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Air-Quality-3-160x122.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\">\u003c/p>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Nemko says Napa's chief health officer suggested keeping schools open earlier in the week when the \u003ca href=\"https://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=aqibasics.aqi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Air Quality Index\u003c/a> was in the \"unhealthy\" range between 150 and 200, but that if it rose above 275, it would be good for schools to close. But that was only a suggestion, not a hard-and-fast rule: a spokeswoman for the county said there is no established Air Quality Index cutoff level for school dismissals or closures in the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Santa Clara County, school and public health department officials say they worked together closely before eventually deciding to leave most schools in the county open. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How do we get our most vulnerable populations access to indoor air space?\" said county health officer Sarah Cody at a joint press conference with health and school officials on Friday. \"One of the ways we can do that is by keeping the schools open. For many families, schools are really the safest place to send their children.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when education officials in Alameda County asked the Department of Public Health if the department would determine an Air Quality Index threshold at which schools should close, Smith-McDonald says, “They said they were not prepared to do that, so the superintendents were in a position where they needed to make a judgement call.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Alameda County’s Public Health Department, the San Francisco County Department of Public Health did not issue any guidelines to school officials around closing schools. Neither department was not involved in the decision to close schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area Air Quality District does not make recommendations on school closures, according to a spokeswoman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Central Valley, where people have a lot of experience with bad air, the regional air quality district has a \u003ca href=\"http://www.healthyairliving.com/schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">program dedicated to helping schools\u003c/a> make informed decisions about about keeping kids safe in poor air conditions, but school closures have never been part of their guidelines. \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13845085/escape-the-smoke-these-san-francisco-museums-are-free-this-weekend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Escape the Smoke: These San Francisco Museums Are Free This Weekend\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ww2.kqed_.orgGettyImages-525644360-800-8f207d8d671a9a682f43bed8babcf795921c7492-1-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11706986\">\u003c/p>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“Our recommendation is that you reduce their outdoor exposure,” says district spokeswoman Heather Heinks. “If kids get sent home, now there’s a bunch of kids who maybe aren’t supervised and maybe they’re going to go outside anyway.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, while Central Valley school districts often have to contend with poor air — Kern County has had 15 unhealthy red zone days since May — it rarely reaches the levels seen across the Bay Area this week. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the end, the decision to cancel classes always comes down to school leaders, most of whom are facing these air quality questions for the first time. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This was not an easy decision. It was not made lightly,” says Alameda County Office of Education spokeswoman Michelle Smith-McDonald. \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1926793/protecting-your-health-from-toxic-wildfire-smoke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Protect Yourself From Wildfire Smoke\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1926793/protecting-your-health-from-toxic-wildfire-smoke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/07/GettyImages-1006311468-1180x803.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Residents in the path of wildfire smoke can take certain precautionary measures to protect their lungs from smoke pollution. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1926793/protecting-your-health-from-toxic-wildfire-smoke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more\u003c/a> about how to protect yourself.\u003c/p>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>All public schools in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco and Solano counties were closed on Friday. Some schools in San Mateo, Santa Clara and Sonoma counties stayed open because it’s not a certainty that keeping kids home is any better for their health. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no evidence that children are more safe from smoke or particulate matter at home than at school,” says Alameda County Interim Health Officer Erica Pan. “In some cases air quality may be better at school than at home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Nemko, that was an important consideration. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are very aware the we have the best HVAC system anywhere,” she says. “So the air quality probably inside school buildings is as good or better than at home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But superintendents were contending with complaints from parents and teachers, and in some cases, high numbers of teacher absences due to health conditions triggered by smoke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Oakland, teachers union president Keith Brown sent a letter to the superintendent of the Oakland Unified School District asking the district to either provide masks for all students and teachers or cancel school. If not, Brown said teachers would consider not showing up to work. In some cases, Brown says, teachers reported worse air quality inside school buildings than outside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nemko says it was a tough spot to be in. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think no matter what we decide there will be people on each side of the issue that will be unhappy,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How Do Schools Decide Whether to Close?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Public health officials played varying roles in the decisions made by schools across the region. \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1930023/map-heres-your-daily-air-quality-report-for-the-bay-area\" target=\"_blank\">MAP: Here's Your Current Air Quality Report for the Bay Area\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Air-Quality-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"483\" height=\"367\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11707050\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Air-Quality-3.png 483w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Air-Quality-3-160x122.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\">\u003c/p>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Nemko says Napa's chief health officer suggested keeping schools open earlier in the week when the \u003ca href=\"https://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=aqibasics.aqi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Air Quality Index\u003c/a> was in the \"unhealthy\" range between 150 and 200, but that if it rose above 275, it would be good for schools to close. But that was only a suggestion, not a hard-and-fast rule: a spokeswoman for the county said there is no established Air Quality Index cutoff level for school dismissals or closures in the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Santa Clara County, school and public health department officials say they worked together closely before eventually deciding to leave most schools in the county open. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How do we get our most vulnerable populations access to indoor air space?\" said county health officer Sarah Cody at a joint press conference with health and school officials on Friday. \"One of the ways we can do that is by keeping the schools open. For many families, schools are really the safest place to send their children.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when education officials in Alameda County asked the Department of Public Health if the department would determine an Air Quality Index threshold at which schools should close, Smith-McDonald says, “They said they were not prepared to do that, so the superintendents were in a position where they needed to make a judgement call.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Alameda County’s Public Health Department, the San Francisco County Department of Public Health did not issue any guidelines to school officials around closing schools. Neither department was not involved in the decision to close schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area Air Quality District does not make recommendations on school closures, according to a spokeswoman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Central Valley, where people have a lot of experience with bad air, the regional air quality district has a \u003ca href=\"http://www.healthyairliving.com/schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">program dedicated to helping schools\u003c/a> make informed decisions about about keeping kids safe in poor air conditions, but school closures have never been part of their guidelines. \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13845085/escape-the-smoke-these-san-francisco-museums-are-free-this-weekend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Escape the Smoke: These San Francisco Museums Are Free This Weekend\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ww2.kqed_.orgGettyImages-525644360-800-8f207d8d671a9a682f43bed8babcf795921c7492-1-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11706986\">\u003c/p>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“Our recommendation is that you reduce their outdoor exposure,” says district spokeswoman Heather Heinks. “If kids get sent home, now there’s a bunch of kids who maybe aren’t supervised and maybe they’re going to go outside anyway.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, while Central Valley school districts often have to contend with poor air — Kern County has had 15 unhealthy red zone days since May — it rarely reaches the levels seen across the Bay Area this week. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the end, the decision to cancel classes always comes down to school leaders, most of whom are facing these air quality questions for the first time. 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