Storm Closes Central Fla. Schools
POSTED: Monday, August 18, 2008
UPDATED: 4:08 pm EDT August 19,
2008
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Several Central Florida counties have closed schools because of concerns about Tropical Storm Fay.
Orange, Osceola, Polk, and Sumter county officials announced that schools will be closed on Tuesday.
Polk County public schools will be open on Wednesday. Officials had announced on Monday that Polk schools would be closed on Wednesday but changed the decision on Tuesday.
Brevard, Lake, Marion, Seminole and Volusia county schools will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday, officials said. Marion County public school officials had announced earlier on Monday that schools would only be closed two hours early on Tuesday before announcing the two-day closure.
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