Alexandria Schools Make March 1 Weather Call

ALEXANDRIA, VA—Alexandria City Public Schools will run on a two-hour delay Friday, March 1 with snow and sleet expected in the forecast overnight. The delay also applies to offices.

Schedule impacts include:

• Kindergarten through grade 12 and Virginia Preschool Initiative (VPI) students report two hours later than regular opening time.
• Morning pre-K programs (Early Childhood Special Education and Preschoolers Learning Together) report two hours later than regular opening time and dismiss one hour later than usual.
• Afternoon pre-K reports one hour later than regular opening time and is dismissed at the regular time.
• All non-essential personnel should report two hours later than their regular time.
• Essential personnel report at regular time.

Alexandria is under a winter weather advisory from 10 p.m. Thursday through 10 a.m. Friday. National Weather Service forecasters expect snow mixing with sleet at times between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m. with moderate to heavy snow possible between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. The precipitation will change to sleet and rain Friday morning and become all rain by Friday afternoon.

Forecasters call for total snow and sleet accumulations of 1 to 3 inches. Residents should expect slippery roads especially during the Friday morning commute.