As hurricane-ravaged schools across Florida began working to determine when they might reopen, Tropical Storm Ian forced dozens of schools in South Carolina and North Carolina to close or shift to remote instruction on Thursday and Friday. Multiple districts on or near Georgia’s coast were also closed as the week came to an end.
Depending on their location, Florida districts were pounded by massive storm surges, destructive winds and inland flooding, and now face rebuilding and potentially lengthy power outages. The worst damage appears to have been done when the Category 4 hurricane made landfall in Charlotte and Lee counties in Southwest Florida. Almost all of the state’s districts are closed for the rest of this week.
Ian is now forecast to make another landfall in South Carolina as a strong powerful storm, or even as a hurricane again, on Friday afternoon. Several of the largest districts in the Carolinas are closed, including Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, the Charleston County School District, the Greenville County School District and the Wake County Public School System.
Here’s the latest list of school closures, early dismissals, and e-learning days:
- Alachua County Public Schools (Gainesville): Closed Wednesday through Friday
- Baker County School District: Closed Wednesday through Friday
- Bradford County School District: Closed Wednesday through Friday
- Brevard Public Schools: Closed Wednesday and Thursday
- Broward County Public Schools: Closed Wednesday
- Charlotte County Public Schools: Closed on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
- Citrus County Schools: Closed Wednesday and Thursday
- Collier County Public Schools: Closed Tuesday and Wednesday
- Columbia County School District: Classes will be virtual on Wednesday; district is closed Thursday and Friday.
- DeSoto County School District: Closed Tuesday through Thursday
- Dixie District Schools: Closed Wednesday through Friday
- Duval County Public Schools (Jacksonville): Early dismissal on Wednesday; closed on Thursday and Friday.
- Flagler Schools: Closed Wednesday through Friday
- Gilchrist County School District: Closed Wednesday through Friday
- Hamilton County School District: Closed Thursday and Friday
- Hardee County School District: Closed on Wednesday and Thursday
- Hendry County School District: Closed Tuesday and Wednesday.
- Hernando County School District: Closed Tuesday through Friday
- Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa): The district closed Monday and will be closed through at least Thursday
- Lafayette District Schools: Closed Thursday and Friday
- Lake County Schools: Early dismissal on Tuesday; closed on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
- Lee County Schools: Closed Tuesday and Wednesday
- Levy County School District: Closed Wednesday through Friday
- Madison County School District: Closed Friday
- Marion County Public Schools: Closed Wednesday and Thursday; one of its high schools went virtual on Tuesday so the building can serve as a special needs shelter
- Martin County School District: Closed on Wednesday and Thursday
- Miami-Dade County Public Schools: Closed Wednesday and Thursday
- Monroe County School District (Florida Keys): Closed Wednesday
- Nassau County School District: Closed Thursday and Friday
- Okeechobee County Schools: Closed Wednesday
- Orange County Public Schools (Orlando): Closed Wednesday and Thursday
- Pasco County Schools: Closed Tuesday through Friday
- Pinellas County Schools (St. Petersburg): All schools and district offices are closed through Friday. Administrators have not yet determined make-up days
- Polk County Public Schools: Closed Tuesday and Wednesday
- Putnam County School District: Early dismissal on Tuesday; closed Wednesday through Friday
- Sarasota County Schools: Closed Tuesday. The district’s website did not say when it would reopen
- School Board of Highlands County: Closed Wednesday and Thursday
- School District of Indian River County: Closed Wednesday and Thursday
- School District of Manatee County: Closed Tuesday. A reopening date has not been determined
- School District of Osceola County: Closed Tuesday through Thursday
- School District of Palm Beach County: Closed Wednesday and Thursday
- Seminole County Public Schools: Closed Wednesday through Friday
- St. Johns County Schools: Closed Wednesday through Friday
- St. Lucie Public Schools: Closed Wednesday and Thursday
- Sumter County School District: Early dismissal on Tuesday; closed Wednesday and Thursday
- Suwannee County School District: Closed Wednesday through Friday
- Union County School District: Closed until further notice beginning Thursday.
- Volusia County Schools: Closed Wednesday and Thursday
Hurricane Ian school closures in Georgia
- Brantley County School System: Closed Thursday and Friday
- Brooks County Schools: Closed Thursday and Friday
- Burke County Public Schools: Closed Friday
- Camden County Schools: Closed Wednesday through Friday
- Charlton County Schools: Closed Thursday and Friday
- Echols County Schools: Closed Thursday and Friday
- Effingham County School System: Closed Thursday and Friday.
- Glynn County Schools: Closed Thursday and Friday
- Liberty County School System: Closed Friday
- Long County School District: Closed Thursday and Friday
- Lowndes County Schools: Closed Thursday and Friday
- McIntosh County School: Closed Thursday and Friday
- Richmond County School System: Early dismissal Friday
- Savannah-Chatham County Public School System: Virtual learning Thursday and Friday
- Screven County Schools: Closed Friday
- Valdosta City Schools: Closed Thursday; also closed Friday and Monday for fall break
- Ware County Schools: Closed Thursday and Friday
- Wayne County School System: Closed Thursday and Friday
North Carolina closings/remote learning
- Alamance-Burlington School System: Closed Friday
- Anson County School: Remote learning on Friday
- Beaufort County Schools: Closed Friday
- Bladen County School District: Remote learning on Friday
- Brunswick County Schools: Remote learning on Friday
- Cabarrus County Schools: Closed Friday
- Carteret County Public Schools: Remote learning on Friday
- Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools: Closed Friday
- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools: Remote learning on Friday
- Craven County Schools: Remote learning on Friday
- Columbus County Schools: Remote learning on Friday
- Cumberland County Schools: Remote learning on Friday
- Duplin County Schools: Closed Friday
- Durham Public Schools: Remote learning on Friday
- Franklin County Schools: Closed Friday
- Granville County Schools: Closed Friday
- Greene County Schools: Closed Friday
- Halifax County Schools: Closed Friday
- Harnett County Schools: Remote learning on Friday
- Hoke County Schools: Remote learning on Friday
- Johnston County School District: Closed Friday
- Lee County Schools: Remote learning on Friday
- Lenoir County Public Schools: Closed Friday
- Moore County Schools: Closed Friday
- New Hanover County Schools: Remote learning on Friday
- Onslow County Schools: Early dismissal on Friday
- Orange County Schools: Closed Friday
- Pender County Schools: Remote learning on Friday
- Randolph County School System: Closed Friday
- Richmond County Schools: Remote learning on Friday
- Sampson County Schools: Remote learning on Friday
- Vance County Schools: Closed Friday
- Wake County Public School System: Closed Friday
- Wayne County Public Schools: Closed Friday
- Wilson County School District: Closed Friday
South Carolina closings/e-learning
- Abbeville County School District: E-learning on Friday
- Aiken County Public Schools: E-learning on Friday
- Bamberg County Schools: Early dismissal on Thursday; e-learning day on Friday.
- Barnwell County Consolidated School District: Early dismissal on Thursday; e-learning on Friday.
- Beaufort County School District: E-learning on Thursday and Friday.
- Berkeley County School District: Early dismissal on Thursday; e-learning on Friday.
- Calhoun County Public Schools: Early dismissal on Thursday; e-learning on Friday.
- Charleston County School District: E-learning on Friday
- Clarendon County School District: Early dismissal on Thursday; e-learning day on Friday.
- Chesterfield County School District: Early dismissal on Thursday; e-learning day on Friday.
- Colleton County School District: E-learning on Thursday and Friday.
- Dillon County School District Three: E-learning on Friday
- Dillon School District Four: E-learning on Friday
- Dorchester School District Two: E-learning on Thursday and Friday.
- Dorchester School District 4: E-learning on Thursday and Friday.
- Fairfield County School District: E-learning on Friday
- Florence County School District 2: E-learning on Friday
- Florence School District 5: E-learning on Friday
- Georgetown County School District: E-learning on Friday
- Greenville County Schools: E-learning on Friday
- Horry County Schools: E-learning on Friday
- Jasper County School District: Closed Thursday and Friday
- Kershaw County School District: E-learning Day for Friday
- Lancaster County School District: E-learning Day for Friday
- Lee County School District: E-learning Day for Friday
- Lexington County School District One: E-learning Day for Friday
- Lexington School District Two: E-learning Day for Friday
- Lexington County School District Three: E-learning Day for Friday
- Lexington School District Four: E-learning Day for Friday
- Lexington-Richland School District Five: E-learning Day for Friday
- Marion County Schools: E-learning day on Friday
- Marlboro County School District: Early dismissal on Thursday; e-learning day on Friday.
- School District of Oconee County: E-learning on Friday
- Orangeburg County School District: Early dismissal on Thursday; e-learning day on Friday.
- Richland County School District:
- Richland School District Two: E-learning on Friday
- School District of Newberry County: E-learning on Friday
- School District of Pickens County: E-learning on Friday
- Spartanburg One Schools: E-learning on Friday
- Spartanburg County School District 2: E-learning on Friday
- Spartanburg County School District 3: E-learning on Friday
- Spartanburg School District 4: E-learning on Friday
- Spartanburg District Five: E-learning on Friday
- Spartanburg County School District 6: E-learning on Friday
- Spartanburg School District 7: E-learning on Friday
- Sumter School District: Early dismissal on Thursday; e-learning day on Friday.
- Union County Schools: E-learning on Friday
- Williamsburg County School District: E-learning on Friday
Friday night plights: High school football games disrupted by shootings and gun threats
