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Riviera Beach schools are undergoing major changes, including a new high school, a closing elementary, and student reassignments.
Public schools in over 50 counties as well as 23 public colleges and universities across the state canceled classes or were closed, including the University of South Florida in Tampa and Florida Gulf Coast University in Lee County near Fort Myers. [51][52][53] Rollins College evacuated campus. [54]
Palm Beach County schools are open today and tomorrow, Tuesday Oct. 8. School leaders are concerned with possibility of high winds as conditions deteriorate.
The universities of Central Florida, Embry–Riddle Aeronautical, Florida, Florida A&M, Florida Atlantic, Florida Gulf Coast, Florida State, Keiser, Lynn, North Florida, South Florida, and Stetson announced closures of their campuses and suspended academic operations. [21][22] Leon County opened up schools to be used as shelters. [23]
Palm Beach County School Board members formally approved Lincoln's closure and a series of sweeping attendance zone changes on March 11.
Of particular concern to Palm Beach County school leaders is the possibility of high winds with Hurricane Milton.
The Palm Beach County School District has canceled all classes and after school activities for Wednesday, Oct. 9 and Thursday, Oct. 10. Regular classes are still scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 8.
The district operates a total of 180 schools: 109 elementary, 34 middle, 23 high, 14 alternative, adult and community, intermediate, and Exceptional Student Education (ESE). It has 27,168 employees and 45,000 volunteers. Established in 1909, the district was known as the Palm Beach County Board of Public Instruction until the mid-1980s.