This post was updated Jan. 10 at 10:58 p.m.

UCLA students will not return to in-person instruction Monday.

In a Friday afternoon BruinPost to members of the UCLA community, Chancellor Julio Frenk announced that the UCLA campus will continue to curtail its operations for at least three more days, adding that the UCLA Academic Senate has allowed remote classes to go ahead Monday. In the message, Frenk did not commit to an instructional format for Tuesday or beyond and noted that the decision to alter instructional format ultimately falls upon the senate.

Frenk added in the BruinPost that UCLA’s pre-kindergarten-through-12 operations, including the Geffen Academy and the university’s Early Care and Education Programs, will remain closed Monday. 

The move to online instruction comes as wildfires rage across Los Angeles County, including an active fire less than three miles from the UCLA campus in the Pacific Palisades. The fire is currently over 21,000 acres in size as of 5 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Cal Fire website.

As of 5 p.m. Friday, there is no evacuation warning or order for Westwood and the UCLA campus, according to the Cal Fire website. 

All 15 members of the Undergraduate Students Association Council signed a letter demanding that instruction be moved to a remote format until Jan. 17. In the letter, council members said students are currently suffering from poor air quality and emotional strain after losing their homes.

“We demand that UCLA administration immediately transition all in-person classes to an online format for all of Week 2 to allow students flexibility for protecting their health, avoiding exposure to hazardous air quality, and ensuring their safety during this ongoing fire emergency,” they said in the letter.

Frenk also said in the message that he was very grateful for the work of UCLA Health, adding that he visited one of the system’s facilities Thursday.

“They are meeting the moment with kindness and heartfelt care, while balancing their own safety concerns and caring for their own families,” Frenk said.

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Undergraduate classes Thursday and Friday were canceled Wednesday, while graduate classes were moved online. Frenk said in a BruinPost on Wednesday that the UCLA administration and Academic Senate would make a decision regarding the format of classes beyond Friday.

Despite the directive from Frenk – whose tenure as chancellor began just eight days ago – to fully pause undergraduate instruction Thursday and Friday, some classes were held virtually Friday.

Frenk also said in the email that – if possible – employees should work remotely Monday and encouraged members of the UCLA community to unite during the wildfire outbreak.

“As Bruins, let us all stand together,” he said.

Contributing reports by Dylan Winward, News editor.