KU, Lawrence among schools closed on Friday; other activities canceled

Area schools have canceled classes on Friday because of Thursday’s snow storm. They are:

• Baldwin public schools.

• Basehor-Linwood public schools.

• All Baker University campuses.

• Bishop Seabury Academy in Lawrence.

• Century School in Lawrence.

• Eudora public schools.

• Googols of Learning Child Development Center.

• Haskell Indian Nations University. All offices will be closed.

• Hilltop Child Development Center.

• Kansas University’s Lawrence and Edwards campuses. Only weather-essential employees should report to work on Friday. And the third-shift custodial staff should not report to work Thursday night.

• KinderCare Learning Center.

• La Petite Academy.

• Lawrence Free State High School’s forensics invitational has been canceled on Friday. However, a decision about whether to cancel the Saturday tournament will be made Friday afternoon.

• Lawrence Montessori School

• Lawrence public schools.

• Lawrence Free State Chess Club’s tournament at the Kansas Union on Saturday has been canceled.

• McLouth public schools.

• Oskaloosa public schools.

• Ottawa public schools.

• Perry-Lecompton public schools.

• Prairie Moon Waldorf School in Lawrence.

• Raintree Montessori School in Lawrence.

• Santa Fe Trail public schools.

• Tonganoxie public schools.

Other cancellations/closings on Friday

• VFW dinners on Friday and Saturday nights are canceled.

• Just Food is closed.

• Haskell Indian Nations University’s Health Center is closed.

• Lawrence Public Library is closed. (Caddy Stacks adult party at old library will be held.)

• Final Friday is canceled.

• Lawrence Parks and Recreation morning classes are canceled.

• The Douglas County District Court will be closed Friday.

• The Douglas County Courthouse will open at 9:30 Friday.

• The Senior Center will be closed, and Senior Wheels transportation will not run.

• Douglas County Dental Clinic will be closed Friday.

• Douglas County Senior Services’ Senior Meals are canceled on Friday.

• Independence Inc. will be closed Friday.

• All Friday classes at the Arts Center are canceled. However, the arts center will be open for guest productions JIST One Wild & Precious Life and University Dance Company.

• Lawrence Massage’s open house on the lower level of The Eldridge, 701 Massachusetts St., has been postponed to 4 p.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26.

• The City of Lawrence Transit Service will operate the fixed route bus service on a late start, beginning at 10 a.m. The paratransit service will begin at 6 a.m. for regularly scheduled dialysis patients.

• Ballard Community Services will be closed Friday.

• Community Living Opportunities center will be closed Friday and there will be no CLO Curbside recycling service for the day.

• A U.S. Postal Service representative said attempts were made to deliver the mail on Thursday and full service is planned on Friday.

• Douglas County Court Appointed Special Advocates will be closed Friday.

• City sanitation workers will work Friday to pick up trash not collected on Thursday because of the snow.

• All executive branch state offices in Kansas will delay opening until 10 a.m. on Friday.

• St. John’s fish fry cancelled Friday.