UPDATE: Because of road conditions, Christian County Public Schools will be closed again Thursday as a non-traditional instruction day. The Inspire Early Learning Center will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Grab-and-go food bundles will be available for families of students in preschool to 12th grade to pick up from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Christian County Middle School, 215 Glass Ave.
—
Christian County Public Schools will remain closed Wednesday — the eighth consecutive day students have been out of the classroom since a winter storm the weekend of Jan. 24.
“Our team drove over 200 miles of roads today to assess conditions firsthand,” district spokeswoman Johnna Brown said in a press release. “Unfortunately, multiple roads and bus routes remain snow and ice-covered, making them unsafe for school bus travel.”
In a release on Monday, Brown had said district staff members were working on “potential plans to return to in-person instruction as early as Wednesday, including the use of alternative bus routes where possible.”
However, that option did not materialize. In the latest announcement, Brown said the district is working with city and county road departments to identify problem areas that remain covered with snow and ice.
Wednesday will be a non-traditional instruction, or NTI Day, for students to work on assignments at home.
The Inspire Early Learning Center will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Also Wednesday, grab-and-go food bundles will be available for families of students in preschool to 12th grade to pick up from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Christian County Middle School, 215 Glass Ave.
Because of its reliance on buses to transport students, the public school system is the last entity that remains closed because of the road conditions.
Students at local private schools and Hopkinsville Community College returned to class earlier this week. Most businesses were back open last week.
