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Fillmore Unified keeps schools open during multi-day power shutoffs; staff, community provide jackets, meals
Summary
After multi-day power outages starting Jan. 8, Fillmore Unified Superintendent Christine Shefferly commended staff and community partners for keeping schools open, deploying generators and distributing jackets, blankets and food to students in affected areas including Piru.
Superintendent Christine Shefferly told the Fillmore Unified School District governing board that schools stayed open and staff worked to keep students safe after widespread power shutoffs beginning Jan. 8.
Shefferly said school offices ran on generators for communications and that additional generators and battery-powered lights were used to provide temporary heat and lighting in classrooms at Piru School, which went without power for six days. “We were able to continue to provide students with breakfast and lunch,” Shefferly said, adding that child nutrition services brought hot items on a Thursday so students who had been without…
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