Arkansas schools announce weather-related closures

A classroom is shown in this 2015 file photo.
A classroom is shown in this 2015 file photo.

School closings

•  Arkansas State University: Arkansas State University is canceling all on-campus classes and closing all academic and business offices for Friday, the school announced.

•  Arkansas Tech University:  Due to inclement weather, Arkansas Tech University will remain closed on Friday, Feb. 4, with no in-person or remote classes for ATU students and faculty and no non-essential in-person or remote work for ATU staff at the Russellville and Ozark campuses.

•  Armorel School District: The district will be closed Friday and use an AMI day.

•  Atkins Public Schools: Atkins School District will continue to implement an AMI day Friday, Feb. 4 due to unsafe travel conditions and continuing winter weather.  All buildings and offices will remain closed on Friday and all events will be rescheduled.

•  Bauxite Public Schools: Due to continued wintry weather and poor road conditions, Bauxite Schools will have an AMI day Friday, the district announced.

•  Beebe School District: Due to hazardous road conditions, Beebe School District will hold an AMI day Friday.

•  Benton Public Schools: All school campuses will be closed and Friday will be an AMI day, the district announced.

•  Bentonville Schools: Friday will be an AMI learning day for all students. District offices remain closed until Monday, the district stated.

•  Blytheville School District: The district will take AMI Day 6 on Thursday, Parent/Teacher conferences will be rescheduled if there are power outages, the district stated.

• Bryant Public Schools: Bryant Schools will be closed to onsite instruction on Friday, Feb. 4. This will be AMI Day 2.

•  Cabot Public Schools: Cabot Public Schools will be closed Thursday and the district will utilize an AMI Day and students will shift to remote learning, the district stated.

•  Fort Smith School District: Fort Smith Public Schools will pivot to remote learning Thursday and Friday, the district announced. With the potential for power outages throughout the area, students who cannot participate in Zoom classes or access Schoology because of power loss may make up their work when in-person classes resume, the district stated.

•  Gentry Schools: Will be having an AMI (virtual learning) day Friday, Feb. 4. Each campus will again send out AMI directions and information for students, the superintendent said.

 • Jacksonville North Pulaski School District: Due to inclement weather, all JNPSD schools will be closed to on-site instruction on Friday, Feb. 4, the district stated.

•  Little Rock School District: Due to continued inclement weather conditions, all LRSD schools, except Little Rock Southwest High School, will use an AMI day Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, the district announced.

•  LISA Academy: All campuses and the district office will be closed Friday. Schools will use an AMI Day, the school announced.

•  Magnolia School District: The district will be closed Thursday and use AMI Day 3, the district stated. Friday’s school status will be determined Thursday.

•  Mountain Pine School District: Friday will be an AMI day, the district announced.

•  North Little Rock School District: The North Little Rock School District will continue remote learning for Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. No on-site instruction, after-school activities, or athletic events will occur as all campuses and Central Office sites will be closed. 

•  Pine Bluff School District: Pine Bluff School District will be closed again on Friday, Feb. 4, due to inclement weather. The district will use an AMI day and continue to follow our Remote Learning Schedule, the district announced.

•  Pulaski County Special School District: The district will have an AMI day Friday.

•  Sheridan School District: Friday is an AMI day, the district announced.

•  Southern Arkansas University Tech: School will be closed Thursday and Friday and classes will be delivered virtually, the school announced Wednesday.

•  Texarkana Arkansas School District: Schools and offices will be closed on Thursday, the district announced. All extracurricular activities scheduled for Thursday are cancelled. TASD administrators will continue to monitor weather conditions and will provide updates via the district’s website www.TASD7.net and our social media sites.

•  UA Hope-Texarkana: Campuses will be closed Thursday. UAHT administrators will continue to monitor weather conditions and will provide updates via student email/text, Facebook, Twitter, and the college website.

•  UA Hope-Texarkana: Campuses will be closed Thursday. UAHT administrators will continue to monitor weather conditions and will provide updates via student email/text, Facebook, Twitter, and the college website.

•  UA Fayetteville: The gymnastics meet scheduled for Friday against West Virginia is canceled. The Razorbacks will host Southeast Missouri State at 1:45 pm Sunday in Barnhill Arena.

•  UALR: UALR is closed Thursday.

•  Watson Chapel School District:  Watson Chapel School District campuses will be closed tomorrow Friday , Feb. 4. The district will be using AMI day 2. Students should proceed with virtual learning.

•  WorldLink Truck Driving Academy: WorldLink Truck Driving Academy is closed Thursday.

Other

•  Arkansas Repertory Theater: The Friday performance of "Designing Women" has been canceled. As of Friday morning, the remaining weekend performances are scheduled to occur. The value of all currently reserved tickets will be honored for one of the remaining performances of the show (pending availability), another production during the theater's spring 2022 season, a donation to support the work of The Rep, or a refund.

•  Arkansas state office buildings state government offices in the Little Rock Metropolitan Area will open at 10 a.m Friday.

•  Benton City Hall will remain closed Friday.

•  Central Arkansas Library Services: All CALS locations will be closed Friday.

•  Central Arkansas Water administrative offices and drive-thru will be closed Thursday due to inclement weather. The customer call center will be open, but will have limited capacity for customer calls, so wait times may be longer than normal. For daytime or after-hour emergencies, please call 501.377.1239.

•  Conway Police Department administrative offices will be closed Friday.

•  Washington County Fairgrounds: The covid-19 testing site will be closed Thursday. Further updates regarding closures for the rest of the week will be shared accordingly.

•  Faulkner County offices will be closed Friday. For non-emergencies, dispatch can be reached at (501) 328-5906.

• Hot Springs city offices will have a delayed opening Friday, with offices opening at 10:30 a.m. Residential Solid Waste routes will run over the weekend for Thursday’s and Friday’s routes, according to a news release from the city.

•  Jefferson County sheriff’s administrative office will be closed Friday. Uniformed Patrol Division will be on duty and responding to emergencies but may be taking non-emergency reports by telephone, deputies said. The Non-Emergency communications center is (870) 541-5300.

•  Jefferson County Courthouse will be closed Thursday.

•  Little Rock facilities will be closed Friday.

•  Little Rock zoo will be closed Friday.

•  Mississippi River Marathon Race: The race that was scheduled for Saturday has been canceled. The event will now be virtual (https://msrivermarathon.raceroster.com/)

•  North Little Rock city offices are closed Friday.

• Pulaski County government offices will open at 10 a.m. Friday.

• Saline County offices and courthouse will be closed Friday.

• Simmons Bank Arena: The Harlem Globetrotters game originally scheduled for Friday has been postponed and will now be played on March 28. If you cannot attend the rescheduled game on March 28, 2022  you have until Friday, February 18th to request a refund.

• Studio Theater: The Little Rock theater’s Friday performance of The Play That Goes Wrong has been canceled.

• UAMS is following its inclement weather policy.

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