PG Schools Make Weather Decision For Tuesday Jan 9 2018

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — Public schools in Prince George's County will open two hours late on Tuesday, Jan. 9. Officials made the announcement Tuesday morning.

Schools are operating under a "code orange" on Tuesday, Jan. 9. Emergency personnel must report to work on time.

Prince George's County Public Schools issued the following guidance for Tuesday, Jan. 9:

• There will be no work-study transportation; those students should not report to school.
• Half-day Early Childhood Center (ECC), half-day special education programs and half-day prekindergarten are canceled.
• Any other school program requiring transportation prior to noon will not have transportation, including Howard B. Owens Science Center.
• All field trips will be canceled.
• Food services will offer breakfast.

The delayed opening comes after freezing rain Monday in the region prompted many schools, including those in Prince George's County, to close early.

The National Weather Service issued a special weather statement alerting those in the Baltimore-Washington area that the recent cold snap combined with temperatures dropping overnight would result in ice on untreated roads and sidewalks through early Tuesday morning.

"Use extreme caution if walking or driving early this morning. Treat any wet surface as ice," the National Weather Service said in a statement Tuesday. "Patchy fog has developed in subfreezing air early this morning across portions of the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area...Not only will this locally reduce visibility, but this will also contribute to an icy glaze on all untreated surfaces."

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