Hen Hud, Lakeland, Peekskill Officials Change Friday Decisions

UPDATE — Hendrick Hudson, Lakeland and Peekskill schools are closed today.

CORTLANDT, NY — School districts across northern Westchester County are hedging their bets Thursday evening, calling for delayed openings of two or three hours. Briarcliff Manor schools have already announced they'll be closed, due to the drifting snow and frigid temperatures.

That's what the nor-easter called a cyclone bomb left in its wake. As the massive low pressure system moved away it left room for very, very cold air to move in from Canada. Temperatures Friday into Sunday will be far below normal, and wind chills will make it feel like more than 10 degrees below zero, meteorologists are saying.

"Tomorrow morning, please continue to be alert for communications, as the "Delay" can become a "School Closing." said Christopher Manno, superintendent of Bedford schools.

As of 9 p.m., these northern Westchester districts had announced plans:

• Bedford schools - 2 hour delay
• Briarcliff Manor schools - closed
• Chappaqua schools - 3 hour delay
• Croton-Harmon schools - 2 hour delay
• Hendrick Hudson schools - 2 hour delay
• Lakeland schools - 3 hour delay
• Ossining schools - 2 hour delay
• Peekskill schools - 3 hour delay
• Pleasantville schools - 2 hour delay
• Putnam-Northern Westchester BOCES - 2 hour delay
• Somers schools - 3 hour delay
• Yorktown schools - 3 hour delay

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