Snowstorm causes Tri-City school delays

As the first major storm of the winter grips the Mid-Columbia, schools and other groups are canceling events and police agencies are scrambling to help stranded drivers.

As of Monday afternoon the Washington State Patrol had responded to more than a hundred incidents from Yakima to the Tri-Cities.

Here’s what local schools and government offices were planning for Tuesday. Conditions could change overnight.

Tri-Cities area schools

• Kennewick School District, two hours late, no morning Tri-Tech Skills Center, ECEAP and Keewaydin Discovery Center. No breakfast.
  
  
• Pasco School District, two-hour delay, no morning preschool.

• Richland School District, two-hour delay, no breakfast. Morning sessions for Early Learning Center and Tapteal Elementary early learning classes canceled. High school zero-hour classes canceled.
• Finley School District, two hours late. Buses on road restriction routes. No morning breakfast and no zero-hour classes.
• Prosser School District, two hours late. No morning preschool and no morning Tri-Tech.
• Kiona-Benton City School District, two-hour delay. No breakfast, morning preschool, morning Tri-Tech or morning Lourdes.
• Paterson School District, two-hour delay, no preschool (morning or afternoon).
• Kahlotus and North Franklin School Districts, two-hour delay, no morning preschool.
• Columbia School District, two-hour delay. Buses on emergency routes and no morning preschool for Mrs. Taylor’s class.
• Childrens Developmental Center, no morning sessions. Building opens at 10 a.m.
• Tri-City Prep High School, three hour delay. School begins at 10:50 a.m.
• Bethlehem Lutheran School, two-hour delay. Eagles Nest opens at 8:30 a.m. unless school is closed.
• Yakima Valley school delays: Grandview, Toppenish, Mabton, Sunnyside school districts all on two-hour delay, no morning preschool.
• Benton Franklin Head Start, part-day morning classes canceled. Full day on two-hour delay. Home visits before 10 a.m. canceled and will be rescheduled.
• Kingspoint Christian School, two-hour delay, no morning extended day program, no K4 observations.
• Calvary Christian School, two hour delay.
• Christ the King School, two hour delay
• Liberty Christian School Tri-Cities, two-hour delay no morning extended care, no K4 morning classes.
• St. Joseph’s Catholic School, two-hour delay, no morning preschool, children’s center open at 8 a.m.

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Community

• Tri-Cities Food Bank branches closed in Kennewick, Richland.
  
  
• Franklin County Commission Tuesday meeting canceled.
  
  
• Pasco city offices open at 10 a.m.
• West Richland city offices open at 10 a.m.
• Prosser city offices open at 10 a.m.
• The Columbia Safety Nursing Assistant Program’s clinicals start at 10 a.m.

Getting around

• Ben Franklin Transit routes shift to reflect weather conditions. Visit bft.org/WinterRiderAlerts or call 509-735-5100 for information.
  
  
• Air travelers should check the status of their flights out of Tri-Cities Airport at flytricities.com.

This story was originally published February 4, 2019 at 2:10 PM.