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School closures in Mecklenburg, Gaston, and Lincoln counties after strong storms
By Jesse Ullmann,
2024-05-09
CHARLOTTE, N.C. ( QUEEN CITY NEWS ) — There will be no school for students in Gaston County Schools again Friday, the district announced.
District leaders cited power and internet outages remaining from Wednesday’s storms at their schools and central department locations. There are also some road closures in the Stanley and Ranlo areas.
Like on Thursday, Friday will be an optional teacher workday.
CMS Thursday closures
Nearly a dozen Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools are closed Thursday due to power outages caused by severe weather that began Wednesday afternoon and continued through the night.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools that will be closed are the following:
Albermarle Road ES
Briarwood Academy
Cochrane Collegiate
Devonshire ES
Garinger HS
Harding HS
Hidden Valley ES
Independence High School
Lincoln Heights Montessori
Merry Oaks International Academy
Montclaire ES
Oaklawn Language Academy
Paw Creek ES
Phillip O. Berry HS
Rocky River HS
Steele Creek Elementary School
Thomasboro Academy
Villa Heights ES
Westerly Hills ES
Wilson MS
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools said the schools would be closed and there would be no remote learning. “There will be no ASEP, no extracurricular activities or sports. Any national or state testing that students were scheduled for today will be rescheduled. Teachers will have a remote workday,” CMS officials said.
In addition to those closures, North Brook Elementary and Union Elementary in Lincoln County will both be closed on Thursday due to the outages, the district announced Thursday morning. The district wants to specify that despite the district’s website listing all schools closed, only these two elementary schools are closed Thursday.
About 3,000 residents remained without power in Lincoln County Thursday morning while nearly 30,000 remained without power in Gaston County.
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