Vance County Schools are closed for all students and staff today, the school system announced about 5:45 a.m.
Kerr-Vance Academy is opening two hours late.
The Vance County decision came about 15 minutes after Granville County closed its schools and about the same time as Warren County canceled school for the day.
It wasn’t a sudden swelling of Irish pride on St. Patrick’s Day that shut the schools down, but a surprisingly strong bulge of cold air that turned a steady rain into a nasty wintry mix in the predawn hours.
The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory for Vance and neighboring counties around 5 a.m. The advisory runs until shortly before noon.
The last prearranged snow makeup day available in the school calendar was last Friday, so the school administration will have to decide when the district can get the day back.
Meanwhile, Mother Nature (a.k.a. the Grinch of St. Patrick’s Day) has dressed us in white when we all should be wearing green. Erin go Bragh!
In case you can’t see enough snow out your window …
A white carpet covers the Henderson landscape Thursday morning, although the roads were basically clear by the time a winter weather advisory ended at noon. At least the pine trees provided some St. Patrick’s Day green.
