Orange County Schools students will see another day of remote learning on Thursday, Jan. 29, as the district said it would continue to prioritize caution as below-freezing temperatures led to lingering ice in the community.
A message from the school district — which covers central, northern and much of western Orange County — alerted families and students at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The move marks the third consecutive day of remote learning in the aftermath of Winter Storm Fern and is the fourth of the academic year for Orange County Schools.
“Our Transportation team is visually checking roads morning and evening,” said the district’s official communication. “We can confirm that many important routes in our county are still unsafe for travel, with temperatures expected to remain below freezing until Thursday afternoon. Our Operations team is also busy preparing campuses to reopen safely, and we are thankful for our collaboration with state and local authorities who help us evaluate conditions for safety in Orange County and beyond.”
shared on Facebook with the district’s message included several photos of roads that still had icy patches, which could create issues for school bus transportation and typical travel. Similarly, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office shared on its Facebook that while main thoroughfares are mostly cleared, the low temperatures are causing shady spots on rural roads in the county to still be “dotted with sheets of ice.”
North Carolina public schools are allowed five remote learning days a year amid requirements to hold either 185 days or 1,025 total hours of instruction, meaning Orange County Schools has just one remaining. Each school system can structure their calendar to build in buffer days for weather before scheduled teacher workdays or vacation days have to be changed to instructional days. Orange County Schools already canceled classes for two days in early December out of concerns for road conditions.
The decision comes as another winter weather storm is brewing in the forecast for North Carolina. According to the forecast shared Wednesday, the National Weather Service is predicting central North Carolina could see snowfall on Saturday, Jan. 31 paired with bitterly cold temperatures affected by a wind chill.
Because of Orange County Schools holding remote instruction and due to the weather forecast, the school district also announced its enVision Math Night for kindergarten through eighth grade students and families has been postponed from Thursday evening. The new date and location is now Thursday, Mar. 19 at A.L. Stanback Middle School.
Both the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and Chatham County Schools districts similarly have held remote learning this week, although CHCCS held a planned teacher workday on Monday. As of 5 p.m., no announcement for Thursday’s instruction has been shared for either district — but each shared similar photos on social media indicating the icy roads their transportation teams were seeing within their communities.
Featured photo via the Orange County Schools district.
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