Alachua County Public Schools and district offices will be closed on Thursday and Friday due to Hurricane Helene. All extracurricular activities on those days are also canceled.
The National Hurricane Center stated Helene strengthened to a hurricane at 11 a.m. on Wednesday.
Alachua County Public Schools and extra-curricular activities will remain as scheduled for Wednesday.
The district will assess storm damage after Helene has passed and notify families over the weekend if there will be any impact on the reopening of schools on Monday, ACPS Communications Director Jackie Johnson wrote in an email.
Contact Sara-James Ranta at sranta@alligator.org. Follow her on X @sarajamesranta.
Sara-James Ranta is a third-year journalism major, minoring in sociology of social justice and policy. Previously, she served as a general assignment reporter for The Alligator's university desk.
