(Updated) Fairfax County Schools Close for Snow Day on Tuesday

FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA — The Fairfax County Public Schools announced Tuesday that all schools and officees were closed due to Monday night's snowstorm. The winter storm warning is in effect until 2 p.m. Tuesday,

The following activities in schools and on school grounds were canceled:

• extracurricular activities
• interscholastic contests
• team practices
• field trips
• middle school after-school programs
• professional learning and training courses
• adult and community education classes
• recreation programs and community use by outside groups not affiliated with FCPS
• School age child care (SACC) centers are closed.

In case of bad weather, the FCPS superintendent makes the decision of whether to delay or close schools by approximately 4:30 a.m. A school closing announcement due to inclement weather will be publicized in the following ways:

• Posted to the FCPS Twitter and Facebook pages.
• Posted to www.fcps.edu.
• Email and text messages sent to parents (using the parent contact information listed in weCare@school).
• Email sent to employees (using the employee's FCPS email address).
• Email sent to News You Choose subscribers of Delayed Openings and School Closings.
• Posted on FCPS cable Channel 21 (Cox Communications, Reston Comcast, and Verizon cable customers only).
• Area radio and television stations.

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