After two days of precipitation and low temperatures, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district called for two-hour delay to classes for Tuesday morning.

CHCCS administrators sent out the alert to families at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, saying with temperatures forecasted to reach or drop below freezing overnight, there is concern around the potential for ice or slick spots on the roads.

“We want our staff, students and families to have more time (and daylight) to walk, bike or drive cautiously to schools and offices on Tuesday,” said Chief Communications Officer Andy Jenks in the message. “This will also allow our teams more time to treat school driveways, sidewalks and shaded areas so that school will be safe.”

The decision came after CHCCS conducted normal operations on Monday, which marked the return to classes for educators and students following the winter break — and came after parts of the Triangle experienced sleet and wintery mix on Sunday afternoon into the evening.

Orange County Schools also announced a two-hour delay for Tuesday operations, after having also called one on Monday, and Chatham County Schools also called a two-hour delay.

The National Weather Service forecasts Orange County and its surrounding areas to begin getting freezing temperatures around 9 p.m. on Monday, with them rising back above 32 degrees by mid-morning on Tuesday. Since NWS-run rain gauges in the county collected about half an inch of precipitation across Sunday evening into Monday, the community could be one of the areas at risk of seeing roads having frozen spots from runoff or puddling.

For more information on both districts’ changes to operations, visit their respective websites.

Featured image via Madison Inouye.

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