UPDATE: After-school games and activities will be held as planned

Hamilton County Schools dismissed early today before snow; list of area closings attached

Reindeer covered with snow in Dalton, Georgia.
Reindeer covered with snow in Dalton, Georgia.

UPDATE: After-school games and activities will be held as planned for Hamilton County students.

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ORIGINAL STORY: Hamilton County Schools will release students two hours earlier than normal today due to possible snow in the area. If a school normally dismisses at 3 p.m., dismissal will take place at 1 p.m.

After-school childcare will be also closed today. The district has not made a decision regarding after-school activities, sports practices, and sports events. That decision will be announced by 3 p.m.

All other activities such as car rider pick-up and bus routes will also take place two hours earlier today.

Bradley County Schools will dismiss at 1:00 p.m. today due to the weather.

Based on information from local meteorologists; Chickamauga City Schools will be releasing students at 12 noon. School personnel will remain at schools until all children have been picked up.

All North Georgia Health District offices and Health Departments in Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Pickens Counites and Whitfield Counties are now closed due to wintry hazardous road conditions.

Due to weather patterns that have shifted in the last few hours, the district is concerned about the mountain and higher elevation sections of the county.

"We have a possibility of temperatures dropping below freezing in the mountains and higher elevations so we want to make sure we can get buses finished with routes before any problems may arise this afternoon," said Dr. Bryan Johnson, Hamilton County Schools superintendent in a news release. "This is just a precaution to make sure we get our children home safely today."

Inclement weather patterns shifted this morning, shifted dramatically overnight blanketing north Georgia with snow and the weather system has moved much closer to the Chattanooga area than previously expected.

For more information on Hamilton County Schools dismissial times, visit www.hcde.org. Check back with the Times Free Press for more updates.

Contact Meghan Mangrum at mmangrum@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6592. Follow her on Twitter @memangrum.

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