Several Washoe County Schools Now CLOSED Due to Lack of Power and Heat

A winter storm has brought snow to the Sierra Nevada Mountains and down to the valley floor! Viewers throughout the region are reporting snow levels from 2 inches to over a foot.

Clayton Middle School, Dilworth Middle School, Echo Loder Elementary School, Mamie Towles Elementary School, Esther Bennett Elementary, Robert Mitchell Elementary School, Hug High School School, Sparks High School, Lena Juniper Elementary School, Allen Elementary School, Roy Gomm Elementary School, Greenbrae Elementary School and Maxwell Elementary School are CLOSED Tuesday due to lack of power and heat in the buildings. 

All Washoe County and Storey County schools are on a two hour delay and are running winter bus stops. Truckee Meadows Community College, Bishop Manogue High School, St. John's Children's Center, Summit Ridge Christian School, Tebbles Preschool and Kindergarten, Sierra Nevada Academy Charter School and Preschool, Lion and Lamb Christian School, Our Lady of the Snows Catholic School, Long Valley Charter School and Little Flower School are also on a two hour delay. St. Albert the Great Catholic School, Clayton Middle School and Dilworth Middle School are closed due to lack of power and snow.

The Lyon County School District says schools in the Fernley area only are on a one hour delay except for students that ride the Nixon bus, all other students in the Lyon County School District will start school at normal time. Students on that bus, which services Fernley High School, Silverland Middle School and Fernley Intermediate school, will be on a 2-hour-delay. ACE High School says classes there will begin at 9:00 a.m.

Truckee Meadows Community College's Dandini Campus will not open until 1 p.m. on Tuesday due to a power outage in that area. TMCC High School is closed due to a power outage.

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November 10th Snow Storm