New Providence, Berkeley Heights Schools To Close Early

NEW PROVIDENCE/BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — Due to the predicted snowy nor'easter forecast for Thursday afternoon, all schools in the Berkeley Heights, New Providence and Mountainside District will have an early dismissal.

New Providence:

• All High School students will be dismissed at 11:53 a.m.
• All Middle School students will be dismissed at 11:55 a.m.
• All elementary students at Salt Brook and Allen W. Roberts schools will be dismissed at 12:30 p.m.
• No lunch will be served.
• Kindergarten students: Afternoon PM Kindergarten will not meet.
• Pre-Kindergarten students: Afternoon PM Pre-K students will not meet.
• All after-school and evening activities have been cancelled.
• Thursday night's Board of Education meeting has been cancelled.

Berkeley Heights:

Governor Livingston High School students will dismiss at 12:30 p.m., Columbia Middle School at 12:55 p.m., Elementary Schools at 1 p.m., an =d Mary Kay McMillin AM preschool and AM kindergarten at 11:15 a.m., and Grade 1 at 1:05 p.m.

There will be no PM preschool or kindergarten.

Mountainside:

Governor Livingston High School students will also have an early dismissal. All after school and evening activities are cancelled.

A snowy nor'easter is on track to hit New Jersey on Thursday, bringing several inches of snow or rain, 55-mph winds and creating the potential for many power outages. (See Related: Hour-By-Hour Forecast Of NJ Nor'easter Snow, Rain, 55-MPH Winds)

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