Here’s how Central Florida schools are handling Tropical Storm Ian

ORLANDO, Fla. – As Tropical Storm Ian approaches, right here’s a county-by-county checklist on how faculties in Central Florida are dealing with the storm.

Lake County

Sunday, Sept. 26 the Lake County Board of County Commissioners declared a neighborhood state of emergency.

Lake County public faculties introduced that they’ve tentatively scheduled an early launch day for Tuesday, Sept. 27 with faculties closed on Wednesday, Sept. 28 and Thursday, Sept. 29.

Lake County Emergency Administration made the announcement in preparation for the chance that Lake County public faculties are wanted as storm evacuation shelters this week.

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Orange County

Orange County Public Faculties despatched a message to folks on Sunday, Sept. 25 saying that hey don’t have any plans to cancel faculty or extracurricular actions for Monday, Sept, Sept. 26 or Tuesday, Sept. 27.

The message went on to say, “you’ll obtain one other replace tomorrow night as we get extra info on a storm path. Keep in mind previous to and all through any type the district will ship messages to OCPS households by telephone, e-mail and textual content.”

OCPS notes that oldsters can signal as much as obtain textual content messages by typing the phrase YES to the college code which is 68453. That’s the phrase “YES” to the college code, which is 68453 updates may also be posted on ocps.web and on the district, Fb and Twitter pages relating to all faculty operations.

Seminole County

Seminole County Public Faculties despatched a message to folks on Sunday, Sept. 25 saying that “Right now, all earlier than, throughout, and after-school occasions will proceed as scheduled on Monday, Sept. twenty sixth.”

They mentioned that their subsequent replace to folks might be supplied by 6 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 26.

They encourage all households to enroll in storm-specific notifications by texting STORM2022 to 888-777.

Osceola County

The Osceola County District introduced on Sunday, Sept. 25 that college will in session on Monday, Sept. 26 and Tuesday, Sept 27. They mentioned that Superintendent Tempo is intently monitoring the storm together with Osceola County Emergency Administration and “the storm’s observe and projected influence to Osceola County ought to have extra readability as we transfer by means of the beginning the week. As choices are made for the rest of the week, dad and mom might be notified through the district’s call-out system, Remind texts, on social media, and on district and faculty web sites.

Brevard County

Brevard Public Faculties posted on Fb on Sunday, Sept. 25 that there are not any modifications to highschool schedules within the county. “District management will proceed assembly with the specialists on the Brevard County Emergency Operations Heart. We may also proceed to put up updates on the district web site and social media accounts.”

Sumter County

Sumter County Faculties mentioned that they don’t have any modifications to report to highschool schedules or actions right now, however might be consulting with emergency administration “as issues progress.”

No info has been supplied for Flagler, Volusia, Polk, or Marion counties.

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