Snow prompts school closings, early dismissals

Wake County schools are closing three hours early Thursday to help kids get home ahead of the winter weather, while some eastern counties, under a winter storm warning, closed schools all together. Here are the latest updates.
Posted 2/20/2020, 10:03:00 AM Updated 2/20/2020, 1:41:31 PM

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NOW WITH WRAL'S NIA HARDEN.

SHE IS LIVE IN SOUTHEAST

RALEIGH MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL

FOLLOWING HOW SCHOOLS ARE

PREPARING FOR THE WINTER STORM,

SOME DECIDING TO CLOSE EARLY,

SOME EVEN DECIDING TO CLOSE.

NIA.

>> Reporter: YEAH, EARLIER THIS

MORNING WE WERE TELLING YOU

ABOUT THE BUSES THAT WERE

REALLY HAVING TO PREPARE EARLY,

THOSE BUS DRIVERS.

NOW WE ARE SEEING PARENTS

DROPPING OFF THEIR CHILDREN.

THIS IS SOMETHING, THOUGH, THAT

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE EARLIER

TODAY BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO

BE PICKING UP THEIR CHILDREN

EARLY TOO WITH THAT WEATHER

HEADING OUR WAY, WAKE AND

JOHNSTON COUNTY SCHOOLS HAVE

DECIDED TO DISMISS STUDENTS

THREE HOURS EARLY, CUMBERLAND

COUNTY TWO HOURS EARLY AND

DURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE OUT

FOR THE DAY.

NOW, AGAIN, THIS COULD ALL MEAN

THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE

TRAFFIC PICK UP AROUND THAT

TIME WHEN EVERYONE IS GETTING

OUT OF SCHOOL.

THIS IS WHAT ONE DRIVER HAD TO

SAY ABOUT IT.

>> KEEP THOSE HANDS ON THE

WHEEL AND NOT ONE ON YOUR PHONE

AND JUST PAY ATTENTION.

>> Reporter: WAKE COUNTY SAYS

BUS RIDERS WILL STILL BE

TAKING HOME.

WE HAVE POSTED THE INFORMATION

ON OUR WEBSITE, jshu.net.

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