Education

Updated: Kennewick schools opening late Tuesday. Other snow closures and delays

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The Kennewick School District will start two hours late on Tuesday, Jan. 16, because of the snowy and icy road conditions around the Tri-Cities.

And Richland school buses will be on snow routes.

Pasco School District canceled all in-person high school classes, after initially announcing a two-hour delay.

Pasco Tri-Tech classes remain on a two-hour delay. Elementary and middle schools students in Pasco already were scheduled to study independently at home on Tuesday.

Many other outlying areas plan to open two to three hours late or have closed for in-person classes altogether.

The Mid-Columbia Libraries’ Pasco, West Pasco, Basin City, Connell and Prosser branches are closed due to weather.

Find the latest list here.

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Some of the delays include:

Benton Franklin Head Start: Closed but operating remotely. Tuesday food distribution is postponed until Thursday.

College Place Sch. Dist. - Remote learning.

Columbia Sch. Dist. Online only.

Finley Sch. Dist.: 2 Hours Late. No preschool. No breakfast.

Dixie Sch. Dist. - Remote only.

Grandview Sch. Dist.: Closed, operating remotely.

Kahlotus School Dist.: Update. Closed.

Kennewick Sch. Dist. - 2 Hours Late.

Kiona-Benton City Sch. Dist.: Update. Closed.

North Franklin Sch. Dist. - Remote only.

Pasco School Dist: Updated.

  • All in-person high school classes – canceled.
  • At-Home virtual learning classes for high school students - Maintain regular schedule
  • AM Tri-Tech Classes - 2-Hour Delay
  • AM preschool classes at the Early Learning Center - Canceled
  • All elementary and middle school students will have asynchronous learning activities. All in-person services at elementary and middle schools will not be held on Tuesday.

Paterson Sch. Dist. - 3 Hours Late.

Prescott Sch. Dist.: Closed. School is canceled.

Prosser Sch. Dist. - Remote only

Richland Sch. Dist. - AM/PM buses on snow routes

Starbuck Sch. Dist. - Closed.

Touchet Sch. Dist. - Update: AM and PM classes canceled. No meal distribution.

Waitsburg School District - Update: Closed for in-person and online.

Walla Walla Sch. Dist. - Distance Learning.

Prescott Sch. Dist.: 2 Hours late.

Walla Walla Sch. Dist.: Distance learning only.

Private Schools

Bethlehem Lutheran School - 2 Hours Late.

Calvary Christian School - 2 Hours Late.

Christ the King Parish/School - Closed but operating remotely.

Kingspoint Christian School - Closed but operating remotely.

Liberty Christian School Tri-Cities - Closed.

St. Joseph’s School Kennewick - 2 Hours Late.

This story was originally published February 15, 2021 at 7:07 PM.

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