Fairfax Co. Public Schools Alter Monday Schedule Due To Expected Severe Weather

FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA — Ahead of Monday's hazardous weather forecast, Fairfax County Public Schools will be closing three hours early, according to an FCPS alert.

All schools will end three hours earlier than their regularly scheduled dismissal times. If conditions become unsafe to release students early, they will remain at school until it is deemed safety to release them. FCPS will update families if this occurs.

Severe thunderstorms posing a threat of tornadoes, heavy rains, damaging winds with gusts up to 75 mph and an eventual change to snow are all possible Monday as a powerful storm moves into the D.C. region from Sunday night into Monday, forecasters say.

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FCPS also announced the following changes will be implemented to the school day schedule:

• Morning preschool and special education classes are dismissed at approximately 10 a.m.
• Full-day preschool, special education, and Early Head Start/PreK classes are dismissed three hours earlier than the usual time.
• Afternoon preschool (special education) classes are canceled.
• Late buses are canceled.

"All afterschool and evening activities are canceled, including recreation programs and community use by groups not affiliated with FCPS. Homebound instruction will end by 1 p.m.

"Families with students in School Age Child Care (SACC) and Beyond the Bell (BTB) centers will hear directly from those programs about plans for Monday.

"In accordance with Regulation 4810, employees designated as essential personnel should follow supervisor direction. Emergency administrative leave is authorized for all other personnel.