Idalia impact: Aiken public schools cancel classes Thursday
As Idalia moved through Georgia en route to South Carolina and Aiken County braced for heavy rains, a number of schools announced schedule changes.
Aiken County Public School District announced Wednesday afternoon that students will not report to school on Thursday because of likely flooding in rural areas. Previously the district had planned for a two-hour delay. That day will be made up Oct. 20, which is a designated make-up day in the 2023-24 calendar.
This follows ACPSD announcement on Tuesday that its schools would dismiss two hours early on Wednesday. There will be no afternoon Career Center on Wednesday and no morning Career Center on Thursday. All of Wednesday’s afterschool activities have been canceled.
Fox Creek High School in North Augusta announced Wednesday morning on social media that classes would dismiss at 1:10 p.m. All afterschool activities including aftercare, late pickup and tutoring are canceled. The school is on a two-hour delay Thursday. Drop-off will begin at 9:30 a.m. and classes will begin at 10:15. There will be no first-period class.
Edgefield County School District canceled all afterschool activities for Wednesday. ECSD will operate on a two-hour delay Thursday. Elementary schools will begin at 9:30 a.m. Middle schools will start at 9:45 a.m. and Strom Thurmond High School and Strom Thurmond Career and Technology Center will start at 10 a.m.
Barnwell County schools announced it would dismiss three hours early Wednesday, with Thursday acting as an e-learning day.
USC Aiken announced it would suspend all operations, including classes and on-campus events, from 3 p.m. Wednesday to 10 a.m. Thursday. Campus dining hall and university housing will continue to operate as normal, and university police will remain on-site.
Aiken Technical College reported it would follow Aiken County government operations and close campus on at 3 p.m. Wednesday. Classes will have a delayed start on Thursday and will start at 10:30 a.m.
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Linda Knox McLean and her foxhound, Otter, pose for a photo with a big pine tree that fell on McLean’s property on Berrie Road in Aiken while Idalia was moving through South Carolina as a tropical storm. Idalia made landfall in Florida as a Category 3 Hurricane. McLean is joint master of foxhounds for the Aiken Hounds.
Linda Knox McLean and her foxhound, Otter, pose for a photo with a big pine tree that fell on McLean’s property on Berrie Road in Aiken while Idalia was moving through South Carolina as a tropical storm. McLean is joint master of foxhounds for the Aiken Hounds. Idalia made landfall in Florida as a Category 3 Hurricane.
Linda Knox McLean and her foxhound, Otter, pose for a photo with a big pine tree that fell on McLean’s property on Berrie Road in Aiken while Idalia was moving through South Carolina as a tropical storm. McLean is joint master of foxhounds for the Aiken Hounds. Idalia made landfall in Florida as a Category 3 Hurricane.
Linda Knox McLean and her foxhound, Otter, pose for a photo with a big pine tree that fell on McLean’s property on Berrie Road in Aiken while Idalia was moving through South Carolina as a tropical storm. McLean is joint master of foxhounds for the Aiken Hounds. Idalia made landfall in Florida as a Category 3 Hurricane.
A lineman makes repairs near Whiskey Road and Berrie Road on Thursday after Idalia brought gusting winds to Aiken on Wednesday.
A lineman makes repairs near Whiskey Road and Berrie Road on Thursday after Idalia brought gusting winds to Aiken on Wednesday.
A Toyota truck drives through a puddle in front of the Fermata Club on Aiken’s Whiskey Road.
Fog enveloped Aiken Wednesday morning before Hurricane Idalia brought rains to the city.
Fog enveloped Aiken Wednesday morning before Hurricane Idalia brought rains to the city.
A Range Rover drives through a puddle while passing a Tesla in downtown Aiken Wednesday afternoon.
A Chevrolet SUV passes a Toyota SUV while driving through a puddle in downtown Aiken Wednesday afternoon.
A group of people head toward their vehicles after exiting a restaurant in The Alley in downtown Aiken on Wednesday afternoon.
Water falls from a gutter near The Ailey in downtown Aiken Wednesday afternoon.
The streets of downtown Aiken were pretty empty early Wednesday afternoon as Hurricane Idalia moved through the area.
Rain falls into a puddle near the entrance to The Alley on Laurens Street.
A Toyota truck drives through a puddle in front of the Fermata Club on Whiskey Road Wednesday afternoon.
Linda Knox McLean and her foxhound, Otter, pose for a photo with a big pine tree that fell on McLean’s property on Berrie Road in Aiken while Idalia was moving through South Carolina as a tropical storm. Idalia made landfall in Florida as a Category 3 Hurricane. McLean is joint master of foxhounds for the Aiken Hounds.
Linda Knox McLean and her foxhound, Otter, pose for a photo with a big pine tree that fell on McLean’s property on Berrie Road in Aiken while Idalia was moving through South Carolina as a tropical storm. McLean is joint master of foxhounds for the Aiken Hounds. Idalia made landfall in Florida as a Category 3 Hurricane.
Linda Knox McLean and her foxhound, Otter, pose for a photo with a big pine tree that fell on McLean’s property on Berrie Road in Aiken while Idalia was moving through South Carolina as a tropical storm. McLean is joint master of foxhounds for the Aiken Hounds. Idalia made landfall in Florida as a Category 3 Hurricane.
Linda Knox McLean and her foxhound, Otter, pose for a photo with a big pine tree that fell on McLean’s property on Berrie Road in Aiken while Idalia was moving through South Carolina as a tropical storm. McLean is joint master of foxhounds for the Aiken Hounds. Idalia made landfall in Florida as a Category 3 Hurricane.
A lineman makes repairs near Whiskey Road and Berrie Road on Thursday after Idalia brought gusting winds to Aiken on Wednesday.
A lineman makes repairs near Whiskey Road and Berrie Road on Thursday after Idalia brought gusting winds to Aiken on Wednesday.
A Toyota truck drives through a puddle in front of the Fermata Club on Aiken’s Whiskey Road.
Fog enveloped Aiken Wednesday morning before Hurricane Idalia brought rains to the city.
Fog enveloped Aiken Wednesday morning before Hurricane Idalia brought rains to the city.
A Range Rover drives through a puddle while passing a Tesla in downtown Aiken Wednesday afternoon.
A Chevrolet SUV passes a Toyota SUV while driving through a puddle in downtown Aiken Wednesday afternoon.
A group of people head toward their vehicles after exiting a restaurant in The Alley in downtown Aiken on Wednesday afternoon.
Water falls from a gutter near The Ailey in downtown Aiken Wednesday afternoon.
The streets of downtown Aiken were pretty empty early Wednesday afternoon as Hurricane Idalia moved through the area.
Rain falls into a puddle near the entrance to The Alley on Laurens Street.
A Toyota truck drives through a puddle in front of the Fermata Club on Whiskey Road Wednesday afternoon.
