School Canceled This Week For Sumner-Bonney Lake Due To Fires

BONNEY LAKE, WA – School has been canceled for the Sumner-Bonney Lake School District for the rest of the week due to the Sumner Grade Fire that has destroyed multiple homes and remains only 20 percent contained.

"As we continue to face the unfortunate impacts of multiple fires in our area with associated evacuations, power outages and no internet access, we also face the subsequent reality of not being able to – equitably – begin school in a distance learning format," the school district said in an announcement on its website.

School officials are in close coordination with local emergency officials and will reassess on Sunday whether the district will be able to begin school next week.

The SBLSD Childcare Program remains open for Thursday and Friday of this week.

Kindergarten Family connections has been rescheduled.

Free meals for children 18 and younger are still available on Thursday and Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Daffodil Valley Elementary, Liberty Ridge Elementary, Mountain View Middle School and Sumner Middle School.

"Our hearts are with the many staff, students and families who have been evacuated from their homes and the countless more who are on alert for a potential evacuation," school officials said. "This isn't the teaching moment we envisioned, but there's learning happening apart from any scheduled curriculum."