SWFL schools affected due to Tropical Storm Helene

Writer: Matias Abril
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As Tropical Storm Helene approaches, schools across Southwest Florida are responding.

Currently, Charlotte County Public Schools will be closed on Thursday and Friday.

Due to the evacuation orders affecting several areas, Kingsway Elementary will close at noon on Wednesday to serve as a shelter for residents.

Also, all after-school activities scheduled for Wednesday are canceled with the exception of on-campus daycare programs.

A decision regarding Friday night high school activities will be made once more information on the storm is released.

The Lee County School District has decided to end all after-school activities by 4 p.m. on Wednesday. However, all after-school activity buses for Wednesday will be canceled. This excludes aftercare, which will remain open until 6 p.m., but all students must be picked up by that time.

The DeSoto County School District will close Thursday to prepare for the storm’s potential impacts. All sports and extracurricular activities on Wednesday evening and Thursday will be rescheduled or canceled. They are tentatively scheduled to reopen Friday.

The Collier County School District said that there will be normal operations on Wednesday. Starting at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, all activities scheduled at CCPS schools and district sites will be canceled.

Schools will be closed on Thursday.

This closure includes all CCPS schools and district sites, after-school programs, extracurricular activities, including athletic and performing arts practices and competitions, adult and community education classes and district leases.

They expect regular operations on Friday and will communicate if there is a change to this plan.

The Hendry County School District said that at this time, they “do not foresee any implications to our weather that will require any school closings.”

Glades County has not announced anything regarding their public schools.

Florida Gulf Coast University is closing campus to all activities, including all events and classes, beginning at 9 p.m. Wednesday.

The university will remain closed through Thursday.

The decision on Friday operations will be announced by 3 p.m. Thursday.

Babcock Neighborhood School announced closures for Thursday and Friday out of safety for students and teachers.

According to the school’s Facebook post, All after-school activities on Wednesday are canceled, except for Trailcare. All activities are canceled on Thursday.

The school will reassess after-school activities on Friday based on campus conditions following the storm.

The Community School of Naples announced that classes would be canceled on Thursday as a precaution against the storm.

Classes would resume on Friday unless notified otherwise.

Refer to this article for future school closures.

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