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Other divisions doing all virtual instruction right now, like Virginia Beach, Suffolk, and Portsmouth, decided to stay open and online.
The Norfolk School Division is also all online currently, but decided to close. Officials posted on Facebook that they were concerned high winds could cause power outages. Hampton and Newport News were already off for teacher workdays.
Are snow days melting away? Officials with the Virginia Department of Education said not yet.
“School divisions are required to provide 990 clock hours of instruction,” said VDOE Director of Media Relations Charles Pyle. “Can that be done virtually? Well, yes. What about snow days? It is not as simple as flipping a switch.”