Lawrence public, private schools cancel Thursday classes

District announced plans at 6:15 a.m.

School closings

  • Lawrence public and private schools have canceled classes.
  • Lawrence’s Veritas Christian School earlier announced it also has canceled classes.
  • Private schools have also canceled classes: Sunshine Acres Montessori School, Montessori Children’s House, Montessori Discovery Place, Raintree Montessori, St. John Catholic School, Corpus Christi Catholic School and Bishop Seabury.

NE Kansas district closings

  • USD 434 Santa Fe Trail
  • USD 341 Oskaloosa
  • USD 342 McLouth
  • USD 343 Perry-Lecompton
  • USD 348 Baldwin City
  • USD 464 Tonganoxie
  • USD 458 Basehor-Linwood
  • USD 491 Eudora
  • Other districts: Wellsville, Ottawa, West Franklin, Central Heights, Garnett, Osawatomie, Paola, Louisburg

Other Cancelations

  • Neighborhood meeting on sanitary sewer project
  • Lawrence Memorial Hospital Prenatal class
  • Pinnacle Career Institute classes in Lawrence
  • Independence Inc. offices in Lawrence
  • Lawrence Arts Center: All classes closed; center closes at 4 p.m.
  • St. John’s Catholic Church: Thursday atrium
  • Trinity Lutheran Church: Stephen Ministry class
  • Dazzlers Christian Dance no classes tonight
  • Neighborhood meeting about Yankee Tank Creek Gravity Sanitary Sewer Line Replacement Project has been postponed

Rescheduling

  • Spencer Museum of Art: Public opening and student night for Made in China moved to Thursday, Dec. 7, 6-8 p.m.

Continued winter weather caused Lawrence public schools to announce the cancellation of Thursday classes. The announcement came at 6:15 a.m. (See related story: Weseman takes blame for late school cancellation.)

Nearly a foot of snow was expected to start falling by Thursday afternoon.

“About 2 o’clock this afternoon we start off with some flurries,” said Jennifer Schack, 6News Chief Meteorologist. “And for your evening commute, several inches possible on the ground as the snow will pick up in intensity and last through the evening.”

The closure of Lawrence public schools means that other private schools – Sunshine Acres Montessori School, Montessori Children’s House, Raintree Montessori, St. John Catholic School, Corpus Christi Catholic School and Bishop Seabury – automatically close.

Other closed preschools and daycares in Lawrence included First Presbyterian Church Preschool, Head Start, Lawrence Arts Center Preschool, Montessori Discovery Place Preschool and Princeton Children’s Center.

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