After being dismissed at noon Wednesday in the middle of heavy snow flurries, Laurel County students were kept home again Thursday because of icy road conditions caused by freezing temperatures overnight.
Pouring rain quickly changed to snow about 11 a.m. Wednesday morning, prompting authorities to dismiss school at noon.
Students, delighted to get out of school, ran out into the snow to get on a bus or to wait for a ride. Parents scurried in the snow to pick up their children and get them home safely.
After about an hour and a half later, the snow quit and started to melt. By 4 p.m., the roads were clear and the only evidence it had snowed was a light coating on cars and powder on landscapes.
Because students attended school for half a day Wednesday — and there are five hours of bank time that can be used either for early dismissal or late starts — that early dismissal did not count as a snow day.
Students were out of school again Thursday because of icy patche son some county roads. As of Thursday, the district must add three school days at the end of May to make up for the snow days already taken.
Temperatures fell throughout the afternoon Wednesday and dipped below freezing overnight. Despite icy spots on county roads, few accidents were reported overnight and Thursday morning because of icy road conditions.
Local law enforcement said roads across Laurel County were essentially clear, except for occasional patches of ice.
A patch of ice caused a single-vehicle wreck about 9 a.m. Thursday on KY 2392. Ashley Fritz’s Chevrolet Blazer hit a patch of ice, ran off the road and struck a tree. She was walking after the accident, but was taken for medical treatment as a precaution.
“That was the only wreck I heard of that we responded to,” said Trooper First Class Don Trosper, Public Affairs Officer at Kentucky State Police Post 11 in London.
London Police Lt. Stewart Walker said the roads in London were still damp in places but there were no serious traffic issues.
Today is supposed to be mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers and high temperatures in the lower 30s.
After high temperatures in the 30s again Saturday, Super Bowl Sunday is supposed to be much warmer, with highs around 50s.
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