Updated list of coronavirus school closures in the Treasure Valley
The number of Treasure Valley students sent home this week due to the spread of the coronavirus topped 125,000 as additional school districts closed their doors.
The West Ada and Boise school districts, the state’s two largest, shuttered Monday. Nampa, Caldwell, Vallivue and Kuna followed Tuesday, and even more will begin their spring break Wednesday.
Mountain Home Superintendent James Gilbert wrote his district plans to reopen after the spring break March 30, but he added that’s no guarantee.
“We are anticipating an extended closure of schools, possibly until the end of the school year,” Gilbert said in a statement on the district’s website.
Below are the latest updates on school closures in the Treasure Valley as of noon Tuesday. Send your updates to newsroom@idahostatesman.com.
Ada County
- The West Ada School District, the largest in the state, closed Monday until March 30.
- The Boise School District closed Monday until March 30.
- The Kuna School District closed Tuesday and will remain closed until March 30.
Bishop Kelly High School closed Monday and will remain closed until March 30.
Sage International School, Cole Valley Christian Schools, North Star Charter and The Ambrose School closed Monday and will remain closed until March 30.
Gem Prep Meridian will close Tuesday and remain closed until March 30.
Compass Charter closed Tuesday.
Canyon County schools
- The Nampa, Caldwell and Vallivue districts held school Monday but shut down Tuesday. They will remain closed until March 30.
The Middleton School District closed Monday until March 30.
The Parma, Melba and Wilder will close Wednesday and remain closed through the following week for spring break until March 30.
The Notus School District will close Wednesday until Monday, April 6.
Liberty Charter, Victory Charter and Legacy Charter schools closed Tuesday and will remain closed until April 13.
Vision Charter closed Monday and will remain closed until March 30.
Gem Prep Nampa closed Tuesday and remain closed until March 30.
Greenleaf Friends Academy will close Wednesday until March 30.
Payette County schools
The Fruitland School District will have a half day Tuesday before closing schools Wednesday until March 31.
The Payette School District will close beginning Wednesday.
The New Plymouth School District will close Wednesday until March 30.
Treasure Valley Classical Academy will close until April 1.
More Treasure Valley schools
- Mountain Home School District closed Tuesday until March 30.
- The Emmett School District closed Tuesday until March 30.
The Weiser School District will close Wednesday until April 1.
- The Homedale School Districts will hold classes Tuesday before going home early for spring break starting Wednesday.
- The Marsing School District closed Tuesday until March 30.
The McCall-Donnelly School District shut down Tuesday and plans to remain closed through Friday, April 3.
The Horseshoe Bend School District will close starting Thursday.
- The Basin School District closed Monday and aims to reopen March 30.
- The Salmon River School District will close Wednesday until March 30.
Treasure Valley colleges
Beginning March 16, Boise State University will deliver all courses remotely for the remainder of the spring semester. A final decision has not yet been made on commencement, which is scheduled for May 9. The university is also suspending all official university travel through the semester.
Idaho State University-Meridian canceled classes March 13 to clean its facilities and started a two-week spring break Monday. Classes will resume online March 30. A student who attends classes on the campus recently returned from an out-of-state conference where a case of COVID-19 was confirmed, and that student and approximately a dozen other members of the campus community are in self-isolation. The university later announced the student tested positive for COVID-19.
- College of Western Idaho extended its spring break from March 16 to April 4.
College of Idaho has canceled classes for March 16 and 17, due to a visitor who had been exposed to someone with COVID-19. Classes will resume remotely March 18 and will be held remotely for the remainder of the semester.
Northwest Nazarene University announced March 13 that spring break will begin March 14 and run through March 30. Classes will be delivered remotely after spring break. Face-to-face learning is scheduled to resume Tuesday, April 14.
- Concordia University School of Law will transition to online classes starting March 16. Online-only classes will continue through April 9. Interim Dean Latonia Haney Keith said the transition is being made in accordance with the relevant American Bar Association standards, which permit up to one-third of a course’s delivery to be made in a distance education format.
This story was originally published March 16, 2020 at 4:33 PM.
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