NC schools announce Friday closures because of snow, icy roads

North Carolina school systems are set to be closed again on Friday because of freezing temperatures and dangerous roads following the snow storm that began Wednesday night.

Chatham, Harnett and Lee county schools were among the first to announce they would be closed on Friday.

In the Triangle, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, Wake, Johnston, Orange and Durham County Public Schools announced Thursday that the school system would be closed on Friday.

Friday is a teacher workday for Durham County Schools. Makeup days are Jan. 16 and Feb. 19.

Wake County will makeup its Thursday’s snow day on Jan. 22 for traditional-calendar schools and Feb. 19 for modified-calendar schools. Friday’s snow day will be made up on Feb. 19 for traditional-calendar schools and March 12 for modified-calendar schools.

School closings on Friday:

▪ Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools

▪ Chatham County Schools

▪ Cumberland County Schools

▪ Durham County Schools

▪ Franklin County Schools

▪ Harnett County Schools

▪ Johnston County Schools

▪ Lee County Schools

▪ Moore County Schools

▪ Nash County Schools

▪ Orange County Schools

▪ Person County Schools

▪ Wayne County Schools

▪ Wake County Schools

▪ Wilson County Schools

This story was originally published January 3, 2018 at 6:42 PM with the headline "NC schools announce Friday closures because of snow, icy roads."