Leon Schools Superintendent Rocky Hanna hinted at the possibility of closing schools down as early as Wednesday ahead of the fast-moving Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine that is expected to become a Category 3 Hurricane Helene.
While the track continues to shift, the storm is forecast to make landfall just south of Tallahassee i n Florida’s Panhandle region Thursday evening.
During a school board review meeting Monday, Hanna updated school board members on details from a brief meeting with the National Weather Service and Emergency Management.
“The tone of that conversation was, this needs to be taken seriously,” Hanna said of the meeting with NWS and emergency management.
On Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. the district will be meeting with emergency management to discuss the possibility of closing schools, then they will meet with school principals at noon.
“We all see where its tracking and we’re all really concerned and we’re preparing for the worst and, of course, hoping for the best, but it’s still really early,” Hanna told board members.