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Washoe County schools won’t reopen Monday due to bad air quality

Washoe County schools Superintendent Kristen McNeill, right, speaks to reporters at a briefing ...
Washoe County schools Superintendent Kristen McNeill, right, speaks to reporters at a briefing in March, 2020. (Bill Dentzer/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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Las Vegas Review-Journal
August 16, 2020 - 9:55 pm
 

The Washoe County School District announced that campuses will not reopen Monday because of poor air quality caused by a California wildfire.

Superintendent Kristen McNeill sent a message to parents on Sunday night announcing the closures on what would have been the first day of school.

The Loyalton Fire originated east of Loyalton, California — northwest of Reno — and had burned about 20,000 acres as of Sunday.

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