Schools in Juneau will let students one hour earlier on Wednesday due to the snow.
Students will leave at 12:30 p.m. in elementary schools and at two p.m. in middle and other optional programs , and 2.45 p.m. at high school according to a news announcement issued by Juneau School District. Juneau School District.
Many after school programs have been cancelled, including JAMM, RALLY, after-school pre-K , and high school practice for sports. The activity bus for Middle School won’t operate. First Student, the district’s bus service, has been using snow routes, and is telling parents to prepare for delays.
Basketball games for high school are scheduled to be played in the same manner as they are scheduled. The Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears are scheduled to take on against the Thunder Mountain Falcons at 7:15 p.m. at the Juneau-Douglas High School.
A few parents from Juneau have taken to social media to inquire about why the school district didn’t inform students to stay in school on Wednesday morning. In a note to parents, the district’s leaders apologized for any delay.
“span style=”font-weight 400 ;”>”Conditions were better by 4:30 this morning, when the first call to stop school was announced. typically, the weather does not arrive the way it’s predicted,” the district wrote. “The Juneau School District apologizes for the inconvenience. The district gathers data about snow conditions from JPD, City Roads Engineer City Manager DOT, First Student and the weather service in order to make snow-related decisions. Sometimes the weather requires us to modify our plan .”
The City and Borough of Juneau offices and facilities will be closed around 1.30 p.m. Wednesday. which includes the city hall, libraries for public use as well as pools, the Juneau Douglas City Museum Treadwell Arena and the Zach Gordon Youth Center.
The city Bus services is shut down at Cordova Street, Franklin and Fourth Street downtown.
The HTML0 Blizzard warning remains in force up to six p.m. Wednesday According the National Weather Service.
This story will be updated when more details become available.
