PW County Schools administration issues apology for weather-related complications Jan. 6

Prince William County Community Relations Office has issued a statement explaining today’s snow decisions and apologizing “for the weather-related complications this morning.”

Many PWCS staff members were on duty monitoring the weather and roads throughout the night and into the early-morning hours.

Based upon this information, it was decided to keep schools open. At that point in time, multiple weather forecasts only called for a small accumulation of snow—up to one inch.

The national weather forecast changed at 7:01 a.m. to 2–4 inches of snow, and again at 9:03 a.m. bringing the forecast up to 4–6 inches.

Unfortunately, the timing was logistically too late to reverse course on the decision to open schools, according to the PWCS statement.

In order to provide SACC services and to give the needed time to VDOT and PWCS crews to plow roads and parking lots, there won’t be an early release.

The School Division will close on time; however, all after school and evening activities are canceled including Night School, GED, and Adult Education classes. SACC will close at 5 p.m.

“We sincerely apologize for the difficulties caused by the weather this morning,” PWCS said in a statement.