Los Angeles Unified Schools Outside Mandatory Evacuation Zones to Reopen Monday

Firefighters arrive at the scene as Eliot Arts Magnet Middle School burns during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles County, Calif., on Jan. 8, 2025. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles Unified School District officials said they will reopen the vast majority of its schools and all offices Monday after closing last week.

“Conditions have improved for a majority of areas across the Los Angeles region and the District is confident it is safe for students and employees to return to campuses,” the statement said.

Masks will be provided to students and employees, and all open schools will be limited from conducting outdoor and athletics activities.

Some schools in the most severely impacted areas will remain closed due to mandatory evacuation orders. Those include Canyon Charter Elementary, Kenter Canyon Charter Elementary, Palisades Charter Elementary, Marquez Charter Elementary, Topanga Charter Elementary, Lanai Road Elementary, and Paul Revere Middle School.

Speaking to the media Sunday evening, LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said power had been restored to all schools set to be immediately reopened. He said air quality inspections and HVAC filter replacements for more than 1,000 schools in the district were expected to be completed by Sunday night.

“We are also closely monitoring Roscomare Road Elementary and Community Magnet Charter, which are currently in an evacuation warning zone,” Carvalho added, saying he does not believe the warnings would escalate to evacuation orders.

To provide support to fire-affected students and employees, a meal distribution event would be hosted from 9 a.m. to noon Monday at Daniel Webster Middle School in the Palms area.

Carvalho also stressed the district was aiming to provide support to the workforce, offering $500 to each employee displaced by a fire.

Any changes to school openings are expected to be updated at 10 p.m. Sunday, or at 5:30 a.m. Monday.

The metal skeleton of a tricycle is left among ashes of the Palisades campus of international private school Le Lycee Francais de Los Angeles after it was destroyed in the Palisades Fire in the neighborhood of Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles on Jan. 11, 2025. Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images

A view of Franklin Elementary school that was destroyed by the Eaton Fire in Altadena, Calif., on Jan. 10, 2025. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Other School Districts

For other cities on the west side of Los Angeles County affected by the Palisades fire, all Malibu schools will remain closed at least through Jan. 15.

Santa Monica schools will reopen on Monday, with the exception of Roosevelt Elementary, which is still in an evacuation warning zone. Las Virgenes Unified School District in Calabasas was also set to reopen on Monday.

As a result of the Eaton fire east of Los Angeles, the Pasadena Unified School District, which includes Altadena and Sierra Madre, closed its campuses until Jan. 17.

The Glendale Unified School District said its schools would reopen Monday with the exception of Rosemont Middle School, where a tree fell on campus. Schools will also reopen in Arcadia and Monrovia on Monday.

All schools in the La Cañada Unified School District were closed until Tuesday.

Pasadena City College was set to reopen on Monday.