Category: Weather

No School 12/10/2018

In the interest of the safety of our faculty and staff, there will be no school tomorrow…

  • Because of the high likelihood of black ice tomorrow, 12/11/2018, and
  • We have families traveling from 6 counties which will be impacted at various levels, combined with
  • It is not expected to get above freezing before 10AM at the earliest, making it likely that it will be 11AM before travel is safe

Please be safe and we will see you Wednesday.

Also… for future reference, remember that we always close if Cobb County closes, and we also close if any 2 of Bartow, Cherokee, Fulton, or Paulding close. However, because of our unique situation with students coming from various counties, we have a larger burden of safety than judging based on one county alone, so we may cancel before they do.

Flooding Issues for 11/13/2018

We are monitoring the weather conditions and will keep you updated. At this time, there are no indications we will not be able to have school tomorrow, should that change, we will let you know.

As always, if conditions near your house, flooding, power outages, electrical lines down, etc…, make it dangerous, please stay home, the absence will be excused. We want everyone to be safe!

Also, per our closing procedures, we will automatically be closed whenever Cobb closes, or whenever 2 of the following close: Bartow, Cherokee, Fulton, or Paulding.

Stay dry! 🙂

School Closed 1/19/2018

Per our closing procedures, we close whenever Cobb closes, or whenever 2 of the following close: Bartow, Cherokee, Fulton, or Paulding.

We were in the process of deciding based on teacher and family issues with conditions, as well as those having flu.  However, Paulding and Bartow closed.  So we closed based on our procedures. Then Cobb, Cherokee, and Fulton called it too.

Stay warm, and we’ll see you Monday!

School Closed 1/18/2018

It’s only 18°F (-7.8°C) right now and not predicted to get above freezing until noon tomorrow with single digit to sub-zero wind chills. It is highly unlikely we will see enough sublimation (evaporation without melting) to make road conditions safe, AND it will be terribly cold.

Out if concern for the safety of students, families, and staff, we will not be having school tomorrow. STAY WARM!

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URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1240 PM EST Wed Jan 17 2018

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181100-
/O.EXT.KFFC.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-180118T1500Z/
Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Chattooga-Gordon-Floyd-
Bartow-Cherokee-Forsyth-Hall-Polk-Paulding-Cobb-North Fulton-
Gwinnett-Haralson-Carroll-Douglas-South Fulton-DeKalb-Rockdale-
Heard-Coweta-Fayette-Clayton-Spalding-Henry-Troup-Meriwether-Pike-
Harris-
Including the cities of Calhoun, Rome, Cartersville, Gainesville,
Marietta, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Carrollton, Douglasville,
East Point, Decatur, Conyers, Newnan, Peachtree City, and Griffin
1240 PM EST Wed Jan 17 2018

…WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY…

* WHAT…Very cold wind chills expected. The cold wind chills will
cause frostbite in as little as 30 minutes to exposed skin. Expect
wind chills to range from 10 above zero to around zero through the
afternoon, dropping to between 5 above zero and 5 below zero
overnight.

* WHERE…Portions of north central, northwest and west central
Georgia.

* WHEN…Until 10 AM EST Thursday.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…Due to the snowfall that has occurred, roads
will remain icy and treacherous as temperatures remain below
freezing the remainder of today through Thursday morning. If you
must drive, use extreme caution. The cold wind chills may cause
frostbite in as little as 30 minutes to exposed skin.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A Wind Chill Advisory means that cold air and the wind will combine
to create low wind chills. Frost bite and hypothermia can occur if
precautions are not taken. Make sure you wear a hat and gloves.

$$

School Closed Monday (1/8/2018)

After the most recent update from National Weather Service, we have decided in the interest of everyone’s safety to close Monday.  Sleet/Wintery Mix is expected to start early in the morning and temperatures will not rise above freezing until after opening, or later.  The early models would affect opening, the late ones could create problems with pick up, especially with the potential traffic drama from the game.

Of course, this could change in next 48 hours, but we felt with the circumstances surrounding the game and its accompanying events and traffic, we needed to let families know early in order to make any necessary arrangements.

The red star is our approximate location.

 

Power Outage

In the event power will be an issue tomorrow (12/13/2017), we will do everything we can to give you plenty of notice. Please understand that should something happen overnight, we won’t know until morning, but we will let you know as early as we possibly can. This also applies to any other unexpected event we are not anticipating :-/

Also, thanks for the quick pick up today 🙂