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School closure is the shutting down of a school, either temporarily or permanently.
Temporary closures happen for weather emergencies, disease outbreaks, or safety threats: The district announced school closures due to the snowstorm.
Permanent closures result from declining enrollment, budget cuts, or consolidation: Rural communities often fight school closures because the school anchors local identity.
- shutdownCessation of operations
- lockdownEnforced restriction on movement
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- public healthCommunity-level disease prevention
- remote learningEducation conducted from separate locations
distance education · online classes · canceled · virtual classes · snow day · quarantine · teachers · students · zoom · learning loss · homework · budget cuts · layoffs · consolidation · attendance · lunch program · working parents · reopening
- temporary closuresemergency shutdown
- pandemic responsecontact tracing, quarantine laws, social distancing, lockdown, mask mandate
- school closuressnow day, blizzard, winter storm, ice storm, teacher strike
- disease controlquarantine zone, medical quarantine, mandatory quarantine, home quarantine, self-quarantine
- school lawcompulsory education, FERPA, compulsory attendance, student rights, Title IX
- pandemiclockdowns, COVID-19, outbreak, epidemic, COVID
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