[Update: Jan. 9, 2023, 6:50 p.m.] All 20 Santa Barbara County public school districts have confirmed that they will be closed on Tuesday, January 10, due to extreme storm conditions, according to Camie Barnwell, the Santa Barbara County Education Office's Director of Communications, in a press release Monday night.
"Outside of a mandatory evacuation order, decisions about school closures are made on a school-by-school basis," Barnwell said. "Families in private schools should look for updates from their individual schools."
[Original Story] Due to extreme weather conditions expected to continue into Tuesday, in combination with ongoing road closures and flooding, officials from the Santa Barbara County Sheriff, Fire, and Emergency Operations Center are advising schools in the county to remain closed.