October 6, 2021
Emergency response team helps California schools navigate wildfires
The California Department of Education formed its Emergency Services Team last October to help schools deal with emergencies like wildfires.
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wildfires
August 12, 2021
Wildfires delay beginning of school year for some rural California schools, some for the second year
Raging wildfires have become an annual threat to school districts in California's rural regions, and this year they are disrupting reopening plans.
Diana Lambert
September 29, 2020
Even when the smoke clears, schools find student trauma can linger
Schools can serve as a hub for an entire community after a disaster, experts say.
Carolyn Jones
August 25, 2020
California wildfires add angst to distance learning
Massive wildfires have become an annual event in California, and they are the first test of how schools can handle a crisis while distance learning.
Diana Lambert And Theresa Harrington
November 1, 2019
As fires rage, pressure mounts to train California’s next generation of forest stewards
Similar to other STEM fields, employers in California’s natural resources industries are in need of a larger and more diverse pool of applicants.
Sydney Johnson
October 31, 2019
California parents and educators help students cope with fire trauma, again
Schools and colleges across the state have had to shut their doors this week due to smoke, power shutoffs or direct fire danger.
Ashley A. Smith and Sydney Johnson
January 15, 2019
Trauma in Paradise: A California school system focuses on mental health after devastating fire
As students and educators in and around the town of Paradise begin a new semester, just two months since the deadliest wildfire in California history, they are carrying with them levels of trauma that will certainly impact their ability to learn and teach, experts say.
David Washburn
December 20, 2018
Paradise High seniors lost almost everything in Camp Fire, but are determined to salvage their final year
Community organizations, businesses and individuals from throughout the state are raising funds to ensure the senior class has a prom, senior trip and other events.
Diana Lambert
December 12, 2018
New location found for California high school destroyed by wildfire
Paradise Unified School District officials have found a location in Chico that will, for the foreseeable future, serve as the district’s high school while campuses decimated by the Camp Fire are rebuilt.
David Washburn
December 3, 2018
Tears, hugs mark reunion of Paradise students and teachers
Nearly a month after the deadliest wildfire in California history, students throughout Butte County return to school.
Diana Lambert And David Washburn
November 28, 2018
Plans come into focus for California schools ravaged by wildfires
Officials have identified three elementary schools that will take Paradise Unified students displaced by the deadly Camp Fire and are close to securing a site for middle and high schoolers.
David Washburn And Diana Lambert
November 20, 2018
Paradise educators find resilience amid fire's destruction
School officials throughout Butte County are working furiously to find classrooms for children who lost their schools in the Camp Fire, while also worrying about the emotional impact of the losses on students and teachers.
David Washburn And Diana Lambert
November 16, 2018
After the fire, a school district gone
The Camp Fire damaged or destroyed the majority of the schools in the Paradise Unified School District and at least 3,800 of the district's students, along with scores of teachers and several school board members, lost their homes in what has become the deadliest fire in California history.
David Washburn And Diana Lambert
March 26, 2018
Federal help available to California schools struggling with wildfire costs
Funding is available for bus service for displaced students, staff overtime, air filters and other fire-related expenses.
Carolyn Jones
January 29, 2018
Homeless students, destroyed campuses, ‘invisible injuries’: What California schools learned from recent disasters
School leaders share their tips for helping students and staff cope during and after natural disasters.