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Escambia, Alabama, Schools Closed; Escambia, Florida, Open On Tuesday
January 7, 2024
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Escambia County School in Alabama will be closed on Tuesday, while Escambia County Public School in Florida will be open.
FLORIDA
Pensacola, FL – All Escambia County Public Schools and offices in Florida will be open for normal operations on Tuesday, January 16, 2024.
ECPS Superintendent Keith Leonard has announced all district schools and offices will be open and operational on Tuesday, January 16, 2024. After consultation with the Escambia Emergency Operations Center (EOC), and based on current forecast information from the National Weather Service (NWS), District officials have announced normal operations on Tuesday.
It is anticipated that the time frames and intensity associated with an approaching weather system will not significantly impact District operations or transportation, the district said.
ALABAMA
Escambia County Schools in Alabama will be closed on January 16th due to the expected freezing rain.
SANTA ROSA
Santa Rosa County Schools will be open on Tuesday.
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38 Responses to “Escambia, Alabama, Schools Closed; Escambia, Florida, Open On Tuesday”
Your decision to send your kids to school. There is no right or wrong answer. If you don’t feel it’s safe don’t send your kids to school. Stop blaming everyone else for a decision that you can make for your own child. By the way I didn’t send mine to school today.I am not bashing anyone for the decision that has to be made that won’t make everyone happy no matter what. Get over it!!!!
It’s like 30 degrees in Pensacola, with freezing rain and a chance for black ice. along with winds of almost 20 mph. That can flip over a bus.
To the people saying it’s only gonna be 49 degrees yall are slow its 27 where I’m at and I walked to the bus getting hit with little peoces of ice
Don’t send your child and don’t vote for the superintendent.
It is open because of the FAST testing today. Two evils today .
Hope and pray for no road accidents. All over the news even in escambia county Florida, the news is stating “if you do not have to get out don’t, very dangerous road conditions” black ice. No heat in several rooms at Bratt and other schools in the county. Couldn’t 2 days have been moved to the end of the year to ensure the safety of the kids, teachers and parents? Maybe there will not been any accidents and the superintendent of schools can say he made the right decision, but if there is how could you live with that knowing you could have just added those 2 days back to the end of the year and no harm at all?
Just my 2 cents, it’s only worth 2 cents but it’s mine.
In the 80s and 90s we made it to school just fine standing in freezing cold smashing ice at the bus stop and even throwing snowballs on the rare days it did snow here in Florida.
For all you dummies. The temperature will be in the upper twenties Tuesday morning with possible freezing rain. This is when kids will be catching the bus or riding to school . ( buncha crazies and not educated in Escambia on January 15 ) look at the forecast idiots and for all you people that aren’t from here, this is the South we don’t have equipment to clear roads of snow or ice. I get so tired of dummies on here that have no idea what they’re talking about.
In Escambia county we are supposed to get a lot of ice. I’ve been checking the status from my weather app and we were supposed to get a lot of ice and it’s still raining so it’s going to continue to build up so now I am really confused because we were supposed to have about the same amount of ice as Alabama.
Look, y’all all know the bad weather stops at the AL/FL state line.
Now, go do as you’re told!
Freezing rain and a bus full of kids? God bless the bus drivers and those children. The name of the person who made this absurd decision?
There is now a winter weather advisory for Escambia, FL. NWS says “Total ice accumulation of a light glaze up to 0.05 inches with a few isolated spots potentially receiving up to 0.10 inches. “
This isn’t safe, ya’ll are putting kids Lives in danger, coming from the class of 2024 seniors At Northview High School, and plus where’s our governor to decide on this @RonDesantis
Where’s our governor To Decide on this @ronDesantis, close Northview & Ernest Ward We Freeze in these schools We Were Shivering We Had To Bring Heaters into our rooms, this is coming from the class of 2024 Senior Class
We should not have school between Tuesday intill Thursday due to the weather forecast and temps.
Not all schools are doing FAST testing tomorrow. We were given a window. Schools chose dates in the window. Also, many of you should be in school as evidenced by your incorrect use of capitals, spelling, punctuation, and grammar!
As a student and in my personal thoughts, this is just stupidity. The temps between Tuesday until Thursday are going in the low 20s. And there is still a chance of rain too along with winds being 20 mph and higher which can flip over a bus. I do not get the point of going back, we should be able to stay home and not get hurt. And even then, if we do and we’re at school because of the weather, it’s the school’s fault. Not ours, the school. And schools have been sued before because of this stupidity and southern Alabama is warmer and they are out. I’m very disappointed.
Im keeping my kids home. I would suggest the same for all.
This is absolutely crazy letting school still go on knowing how the weather is gonna be?! Ya’ll need to stop. Now.
Yes it going to be cold tomorrow and may be icy roads. I’m concerned about the student that actually get to Northview and Bratt. There is no heat or limited heat in these schools. The student and adults in these school froze last week….can you imagine how it is going to feel for the next two days at these two schools? Students at Northview had to take their FAST test while shivering in their rooms.
29 in the morning seems like freezing temps to me and 50% snow sleet chance from 6 to 8 a.m but school officials don’t care
@ Not educated… you are most definitely correct about other kids in the country going to school in this kind of weather, they too are prepared for this and have equipment to clean and prepare streets to make them safe for travel, here… not the case! Escambia can cancel for rain and winds but not black ice on roadways!?!
Yall are ridiculous for having school while other places that are warmer are closed. Ecsd hasn’t always been the smartest anyway.
So I would just like to point out the temp tmrw is 41, what temp does it need to be for things to freeze?
32 for those who dont know the answer to that question. Why should school be closed? Why are you so upset? After last weeks scare, and nothing happening, and this being a consistent issue with the prediction of weather here in the panhandle who really knows if its going to even get to these temps. Put a coat and hat on your kids and send them on, or be like me and homeschool your kids. Then all these tough descision are yours alone to make.
Im from Illinois, and not to cause an uproar but our kids still had school in negative degree weather it had to be below -20 for schools to close. Most kids rode the bus and had to stand out there when it was only -20 and school was still in session. The next few days weather is NOTHING to worry about. Bundle up your kids, they’re pretty resilient.
Cancel school
Yall are ridiculous for allowing schools to be open. Mobile isn’t going to get as cold as we are but they are closing.
Wow. Stupidity runs so deep here. It is going to rain and be between 58 and 46 degrees. Do you people think that is freezing? You do know that children all over the country are going to school in actual freezing temperatures and are fine, right? No amount of schooling can overcome the genetics of the children being kept home for their “safety”.
We have seen schools close down for less then this, so why not close for safety?
As A Student In Beulah Middle School In Escambia County FL, We Should NOT Have School Tomr As It WILL Be Snowing And Freezing Rain Will Occur Thru The Day, In My opinion They Are Making Us Go To School Due To Fast Testing, Cmon Government, Were Better Then This.
The weather here isn’t supposed to get cold enough for any icing issues until Wednesday night. As usual the knee-jerk reaction is a buncha crazies acting like the world is ending. Good call by the school district to keep the wheels rolling. Keep your kid at home if you feel like it. The rest of the sane world will gladly continue without you!
why should I have to go to school in literal freezing temperatures and I just got my license too so that’s a real hazard driving in these conditions, they are stupid to not close schools and my parents make me not miss school bc they are big on education
I’m not sending my children tomorrow,we’re in Santa rosa county
Why should I send my child to school in this weather I have work and can’t drive him but I don’t want him to ride bus because it’s dangerous ridiculous
The freezing rain is supposed to start at 5 a.m. hundreds of buses and cars on the road.
Just because the school is open doesn’t mean you have to send your child to school. It’s up to you to protect your child.
You can call the Superintendents Office and raise a stink too.
Pensacola schools are doing FAST. Testing tomorrow at all costs
It gonna get real cold
Make Florida stay home
I’m not sending my child to school. This is unbelievable. Florida will be getting freezing rain also. It is not safe to send kids to school.