North Carolina schools to be closed for two weeks

All North Carolina public schools will be closed to students for at least two weeks, beginning March 16 and extending to March 30, according to a statement issued by state superintendent Mark Johnson.

The statement from Johnson reads, “I am at the Emergency Operations Center with (Governor Roy) Cooper. He will soon direct the closure of all public schools in North Carolina. … Starting Monday, there is no school for students. This is for at least two weeks, March 16-30.”

The statement goes on to read, “If possible, please work to keep school buildings open on Monday as a teacher workday to allow staff and students to access the schools to retrieve personal items/resources.”

Johnson further states that a call will be scheduled tomorrow, March 15, to “discuss next steps.”

“We tentatively plan to have it at 3 p.m. We will send you that information,” Johnson states.

“We are also forming an education workgroup that will report to the Coronavirus Taskforce as we move forward together,” the statement reads.

Further updates as they are available.