Updated 01/02/2021, 6:30 p.m.: Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools announced a two-hour delay for schools and offices on Tuesday, Jan. 4 due to freezing temperatures expected overnight. Both in-person and virtual learning will be on the two-hour delay.
Updated 01/02/2021, 7:37 a.m.: Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools announced it would close all schools and offices on Jan. 3 at 6:05 a.m. Monday morning.
The closures will affect both virtual and in-person instruction, as well as after-school and extracurricular activities.
CHCCS said the change was due to a reevaluation of weather conditions. A later tweet from CHCCS said that, prior to 5 a.m. Monday morning, district officials believed conditions did not warrant a full closure of schools according to available information. However, numerous reports of power outages in the area — including some affecting schools — and a flash flood warning issued by the National Weather Service were behind officials’ decisions to reconsider.
Orange County Schools will also close Monday due to inclement weather conditions, according to a statement released Sunday afternoon.
The district cited high winds, sleet and snow as causes. In-person and remote instruction will be canceled during this time. OCS did not respond to requests for comment at the time of publication.
