Fullerton College President Cynthia Olivo passed on word to the Hornet community that campus will be closed for the first day of classes on Monday, Aug. 21, and normal business operations are planned to resume on Tuesday Aug. 22. The reason behind the decision is in response to the landfall of Tropical Storm Hilary in Southern California. The decision was made, “Out of an abundance of caution for our campus community,” according to the president’s memo.

Fullerton College is not the only secondary institution that will be closed on Monday in Orange County, as Cypress College and Cal State University, Fullerton canceled their first day of classes as well.

Although a good amount of high schools have already been back in session, there was a mixed bag in closures and non-closures. The Anaheim Union High School District announced no school on Monday around 6 p.m. Sunday night on their social media page. Mater Dei High School also elected to close, but fellow Trinity League members Servite High School and Santa Margarita High School elected to go to a late start schedule instead of canceling the school day completely.

Going in the opposite direction by staying fully open on Monday is the Garden Grove Unified School District, the Newport-Mesa Unified School District and the high school district in FC’s backyard, the Fullerton Joint Unified High School District.

In the case of the FJUHSD, emails were sent to parents and staff Sunday night around 8:45 p.m. to say school would go on as scheduled and a second email was sent around 6:30 a.m. Monday morning to confirm.

Through the confusion of all the different decisions from the powers that be throughout Orange County, Fullerton College is looking forward to welcoming its student back to campus on Tuesday, Aug. 22 barring an unforeseen change in the storm’s strength.