San Francisco schools to shut down for three weeks in response to coronavirus

As of Monday March 16th, students won’t be going to their classes in the San Francisco Unified School District. Schools will shut down for three weeks to protect teachers, students, and families from the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools will be closed from through the already scheduled spring break. As of March 12, the city had 18 confirmed cases of COVID-19. School administrators made the announcement about the closure after having met with representatives from the city’s health department behind closed doors Wednesday morning.

Civic · Mel Baker, Laura Wenus