Brewster Officials Change Decisions About Friday Classes

UPDATE — Brewster schools are closed Friday.

BREWSTER, NY — School districts across Putnam and northern Westchester counties are hedging their bets Thursday evening, calling for delayed openings of two or three hours. Brewster is calling a 3-hour delay for Friday.

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 6 p.m., these local districts had announced plans:

• Bedford schools - 2 hour delay
• Brewster schools - 3 hour delay
• Carmel schools - 3 hour delay
• Garrison schools - 3 hour delay
• Haldane schools - 3 hour delay
• Lakeland schools - 3 hour delay
• Mahopac schools - 3 hour delay
• Peekskill schools - 3 hour delay
• Putnam-Northern Westchester BOCES - 2 hour delay
• Putnam Valley schools - 3 hours
• Somers schools - 3 hour delay
• Yorktown schools - 3 hour delay

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