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New Providence, Berkeley Heights Schools Have 2-Hour Delay

All New Providence and Berkeley Heights Schools will have a 2 hour delayed opening Thursday, due to poor road conditions.

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NEW PROVIDENCE/BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — All New Providence and Berkeley Heights Schools will have a two hour delayed opening Thursday, due to inclement weather and poor road conditions.

New Providence

New Providence High School and New Providence Middle School will start at 9:45 a.m., Salt Brook School and Allen W. Roberts School will start at 10 a.m.

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All staff will report to their buildings no later than 9:30 a.m. The Kindergarten schedule will be 10 a.m. to noon for the a.m. classes and 1 to 3 for the p.m. classes.

The Pre-Kindergarten a.m. class will not meet on delayed opening days. The Pre-K p.m. class will meet at its regularly scheduled time.

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All Union County Vocational Technical Schools busing will follow the latest Union County Vocational Technical Schools start time.

Berkeley Heights

Governor Livingston High School will start at 9:50 a.m., Columbia Middle School at 10:10 a.m., and elementary schools at 10:25 a.m.

Mary Kay McMillin Early Childhood Center P.M. Preschool and P.M. Kindergarten will begin at 12: 10 p.m. and Grade 1 at 10:45 a.m. There will be no A.M. Preschool or A.M. Kindergarten.

The wintry weather brought about an average of 3 inches of snow to the New Jersey area along with ice.

In Union County, the National Weather Forecast offered the following snow totals for Wednesday:

  • Elizabeth 2.7 in
  • Newark Airport 2.5 in

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