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Weather Update – January 22, 2025 – Schools Open Two Hours Late

All Howard County public schools will open two hours late Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, due to freezing temperatures and overnight refreezing. School bus pick up times will be two hours later than normal. All morning childcare programs in HCPSS schools, sponsored by the Columbia Association and the Howard County Department of Recreation & Parks, will be delayed two hours.

Information on RECC and Pre-K can be found online.

High schools were scheduled for an early dismissal, which is now canceled. High school students instead will go in on the two-hour delay and schools will dismiss at their standard time of 2:35 p.m. An adjusted exam schedule for Jan. 22 can be found below.

Offices will open late. Details on staff reporting can be found online.

If Howard Community College is open as scheduled, HCPSS students who are enrolled at HCC and cannot attend due to a lack of transportation should notify their professors immediately using their MyHCC email or Canvas. HCC operating status information can be found online.

High School Schedule for Wednesday, Jan. 22

• 9:50-11:30 a.m., Period 4A Exam
• 11:30-12:50 p.m., Period 3 & Lunch
  • 11:30-11:50 A Lunch
  • 11:50-12:10 B Lunch
  • 12:10-12:30 C Lunch
  • 12:30-12:50 D Lunch
• 12:55-2:35 p.m. Exam Period 2
• AM ARL students will attend ARL in the PM to take their exam.

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