Prince George’s County schools announced Monday that classes would be canceled until until further notice as a result of the weekend snowstorm — a rare step of announcing several days’ worth of closures at once.
Typically after winter weather events, school divisions make decisions day by day, and announce their plans the day or evening prior. But Interim Superintendent Shawn Joseph said that early this week, it became clear that the cleanup would take many days, leading to the decision to close schools for multiple days.
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