Dozens of Florida school districts have already closed as Hurricane Idalia strengthens into a major storm, and now systems in Georgia and South Carolina are shutting down.
About 40 Florida districts are closed for the next several days, with Hurricane Idalia expected to make landfall in the Big Bend stretch of Flordia’s west coast as a Category 3 Hurricane on Wednesday morning. The forecast track has the storm weakening as it moves into southeast Georgia and South Carolina.
One of the largest Georgia districts in the path, the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, will shift to e-learning on Wednesday and Thursday. Appling County Schools, Bacon County Schools, the Liberty County School System, Long County Schools, Ware County Schools and the Wayne County School System are among the 35-plus Georgia districts that will be closed on Wednesday.
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In South Carolina, the Charleston County School District and the Clarendon County School District will move to e-learning on Thursday while the Beaufort County School District offer remote instruction on Wednesday and Thursday.
One of the biggest Florida districts to close, Duval County Public Schools, which is headquartered in Jacksonville, is canceling classes from Tuesday to Thursday so its buildings can be used as shelters.
Hurricane Idalia closures
Here are the days districts are closed in all three states due to Hurricane Idalia (as of 10:30 a.m., Wednesday):
Florida
- Alachua County Public Schools: Tuesday and Wednesday
- Baker County School District: Wednesday and Thursday
- Bradford County School District: Wednesday
- Calhoun County Schools: Wednesday
- Charlotte County Public Schools: Tuesday and Wednesday
- Citrus County School District: Tuesday and Wednesday
- Clay County District Schools: Wednesday
- Columbia County Schools: Tuesday and Wednesday
- Dixie District Schools: Tuesday and Wednesday
- Duval County Public Schools (Jacksonville): Tuesday through Thursday
- Franklin County School District: Tuesday and Wednesday
- Gadsden County School District: Wednesday
- Gilchrist County Public Schools: Tuesday and Wednesday
- Gulf County Schools: Tuesday and Wednesday
- Hardee County School District: Tuesday and Wednesday
- Hernando County Schools: Monday through Wednesday
- Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa): Tuesday and Wednesday
- Jefferson County Schools: Wednesday
- Lafayette District Schools: Wednesday
- Lake County Schools: Wednesday
- Leon County Schools: Wednesday
- Levy County School District: Tuesday and Wednesday
- Liberty County Schools: Wednesday
- Madison County Schools: Early dismissal Tuesday, closed Wednesday
- Marion County Public Schools: Tuesday and Wednesday
- Nassau County School District: Tuesday and Wednesday
- Orange County Public Schools: Wednesday
- Pasco County Schools: Tuesday and Wednesday
- Pinellas County Schools (St. Petersburg): Tuesday and Wednesday
- Polk County Public Schools: Wednesday and Thursday
- Putnam County School District: Wednesday and Thursday
- Sarasota County Schools: Tuesday and Wednesday
- School Board of Highlands County: Wednesday
- The School District of DeSoto County: Tuesday and Wednesday
- The School District of Lee County: Tuesday
- School District of Manatee County: Tuesday and Wednesday
- The School District of Osceola County: Wednesday
- Seminole County Public Schools: Wednesday
- St. Johns County School District: Wednesday
- Sumter County Schools: Wednesday and Thursday
- Suwannee County School District: Tuesday and Wednesday
- Taylor County School District: Tuesday and Wednesday
- Union County School District: Wednesday and Thursday
- Wakulla County School District: Tuesday and Wednesday
Georgia
- Appling County Schools: Wednesday
- Atkinson County Schools: Wednesday and Thursday
- Bacon County Schools: Wednesday
- Ben Hill County Schools: Wednesday
- Berrien County Schools: Wednesday
- Brantley County School System: Wednesday
- Bryan County Schools: Wednesday
- Camden County Schools: Wednesday
- Charlton County School District: Wednesday
- Clinch County School System: Wednesday
- Coffee County Schools: Wednesday
- Colquitt County School District: Wednesday
- Cook County School District: Wednesday
- Echols County Schools System: Wednesday
- Effingham County School District: Wednesday
- Evans County Charter School System: Wednesday and Thursday
- Glynn County Schools: Wednesday
- Grady County School District: Wednesday
- Irwin County Schools: Wednesday
- Jeff Davis County Schools: Wednesday
- Jenkins County School System: Wednesday
- Lanier County Schools: Wednesday
- Liberty County School System: Wednesday
- Long County Schools: Wednesday
- Lowndes County Schools: Wednesday
- Mitchell County School System: Wednesday
- Montgomery County Schools: Wednesday
- Pierce County Schools: Wednesday
- Savannah-Chatham County Public School System: E-learning Wednesday and Thursday
- Screven County School System: Wednesday
- Tattnall County Schools: Wednesday
- Telfair County School District: Wednesday
- Thomas County School System: Wednesday
- Tift County Schools: Wednesday
- Toombs County School System: Wednesday
- Treutlen County Schools: Wednesday
- Turner County Schools: Wednesday
- Valdosta City Schools: Wednesday
- Vidalia City Schools: Wednesday
- Ware County Schools: Wednesday
- Wayne County School System: Wednesday
- Wheeler County Schools: Wednesday
South Carolina
- Bamberg County School District: Half-day Wednesday, e-learning Thursday
- Beaufort County School District: E-learning Wednesday and Thursday
- Berkeley County School District: Half-day Wednesday, e-learning Thursday
- Charleston County School District: Half-day Wednesday, e-learning Thursday
- Clarendon County School District: E-learning on Thursday
- Colleton County School District: E-learning Wednesday and Thursday
- Dorchester School District Two: E-learning Wednesday and Thursday
- Dorchester School District 4: E-learning Wednesday and Thursday
- Georgetown County School District: E-learning on Thursday
- Jasper County School District: E-learning Wednesday and Thursday
- Williamsburg County School District: Half-day Wednesday, closed Thursday
