North Carolina
North Carolina school districts make schedule changes amid subfreezing conditions
WATAUGA COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) – Several school districts in the North Carolina mountains and beyond have made schedule changes due to concerns over subfreezing conditions Wednesday morning.
As of 4:30 a.m., Avery County Schools had already made the transition to remote learning Wednesday. The district cited concerns over hazardous driving conditions and overnight freezing.
Several other schools and districts will have two-hour delays due to similar concerns. Those include:
- Alexander County Schools
- American Renaissance School (Iredell)
- Ashe County Schools
- Faith Academy Charter School (Rowan)
- Iredell-Statesville Schools
- Rowan-Salisbury Schools
- Watauga County Schools
The schedule changes come as overnight temperatures dipped into the teens and 20s in Charlotte and the mountains.
Passing snow showers impacted school schedules Tuesday, but it totaled not much more than a dusting in most places around Charlotte.
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