Wake, Durham schools closed Friday due to wintry weather
Fear about slick road conditions Friday morning is causing some Triangle school districts to cancel classes.
Wake, Durham, Orange and Johnston counties and Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools will be closed Friday due to the hazardous road conditions.
Wake made its announcement with a snow day video courtesy of students from Jones Dairy Elementary School in Wake Forest. School leaders also announced that they will use extra time built into the school year, called banked instructional hours, so that students will not have to make up the snow day.
This comes after school districts like Durham, Chapel Hill-Carrboro and Orange decided to not have classes Thursday in anticipation of the wintry weather conditions. Other districts like Wake and Johnston counties sent students home early Thursday.
Gov. Roy Cooper said 29 of the state’s 116 school districts were closed Thursday, and 55 districts were sending students home early.
Students lobbied Wake County on social media Thursday for a decision about classes on Friday. The school district, which is known for its at times sassy tweets, played along as it told people to wait.
List of school closings
▪ Wake County: Closed for students and staff
▪ Durham Public Schools: Closed for students and staff
▪ Chapel Hill/Carrboro: Closed for students and staff
▪ Orange County: Closed for students and staff
▪ Chatham County: Closed for students and staff
▪ Johnston County: Closed for students and staff
▪ Franklin County: Closed for students and staff
▪ Harnett County: Closed for students and staff
▪ Lee County: Closed for students and staff
▪ Person County: Closed for students and optional workday for staff
▪ Granville County: Closed for students and staff
Colleges and universities
▪ NC State University: Classes are canceled until 10 a.m.
▪ UNC-Chapel Hill: Classes canceled until 10 a.m.
▪ Duke University: Classes canceled until 10 a.m.
▪ Wake Tech: All classes canceled
▪ Durham Tech: All classes canceled
This information is being updated. For more, see our news partner ABC11’s list.
This story was originally published February 20, 2020 at 5:41 PM.
