SCHEDULE CHANGES: Classes go virtual, high school football games, community events rescheduled due to Ian

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV - High school football games and community events are announcing schedule changes and postponements due to expected weekend impacts to the Carolinas from the remnants of Hurricane Ian.

Additionally, some school districts will learn remotely at the end of the week.

The remnants of Ian are forecast to move up into the Carolinas Friday night and Saturday, and that appears to be the timeframe when the heaviest rain can be expected. A First Alert Weather Day has been declared for Saturday. The main impacts locally appear to be flash flooding from three, to perhaps as much as six inches of rain and gusty winds of 35+ mph. The tornado threat looks low at this time.

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Here is a list of schedule changes announced so far. Check back for updates as additional changes are announced.

High School Football Games

• ANSON COUNTY SCHOOLS: All varsity games have been moved to Thursday, Sept. 29, and all JV games will be played Monday, Oct. 3.
• CABARRUS COUNTY SCHOOLS: All extracurricular activities, including sports, are canceled Friday, Sept. 30 to Sunday, Oct. 2.
• CATAWBA COUNTY SCHOOLS: All JV games will be played Wednesday, Sept. 28, and all varsity games will be played Thursday, Sept. 29.
• CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS: All varsity football games that were scheduled for Sept 30 have now been moved to Thursday, Sept. 29. All junior varsity games will be played on Monday, Oct. 3.
• LANCASTER COUNTY SCHOOLS: All extracurricular activities--including sports--are canceled Friday, Sept. 30 to Sunday, Oct. 2. Friday night football games will be played Thursday, Sept. 29.
• ROCK HILL SCHOOLS: All varsity football games that were scheduled for Sept 30 have now been moved to Thursday, Sept. 29.
• UNION COUNTY SCHOOLS: All varsity games will be played on Thursday, Sept. 29, at 7 p.m. The exception is Forest Hills versus Parkwood, with kickoff on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. The remaining JV schedule is Monroe at Anson at 7 p.m. on Sept. 28; Sun Valley at Cuthbertson at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 3; and Forest Hills at Parkwood at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 28.

School Changes

• ANSON COUNTY SCHOOLS: Remote learning day on Friday, Sept. 30.
• BURKE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Remote learning day on Friday, Sept. 30.
• CABARRUS COUNTY SCHOOLS: School canceled for Friday, Sept. 30. All afterschool and extracurricular activities are canceled for this weekend.
• CALDWELL COUNTY SCHOOLS: Remote learning day on Friday, Sept. 30.
• CATAWBA COUNTY SCHOOLS: School canceled for students on Friday, Sept. 30. Teachers will have an optional workday. QUEST will not operate.
• CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS: Remote learning day on Friday, Sept. 30.
• GASTON COUNTY SCHOOLS: Schools closed for students on Friday, Sept. 30. It will be an optional teacher workday. Employees have the option to work remotely.
• GASTON DAY SCHOOL: School closed on Friday, Sept. 30.
• HICKORY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Schools closed for students on Friday, Sept. 30. Friday will be an optional teacher workday.
• IREDELL-STATESVILLE SCHOOLS: Remote learning day on Friday, Sept. 30. All on campus activities Friday-Sunday are canceled.
• KANNAPOLIS CITY SCHOOLS: School canceled for students, staff to work from home on Friday, Sept. 30.
• LINCOLN COUNTY SCHOOLS: School canceled for students on Friday, Sept. 30. Friday will serve as an optional teacher workday. Teachers are allowed to work from home.
• MOORESVILLE GRADED SCHOOL DISTRICT: Remote learning day on Friday, Sept. 30.
• ROWAN-SALISBURY SCHOOLS: School canceled for students on Friday, Sept. 30. Friday will serve as an optional remote teacher workday. All activities scheduled for Friday have been canceled.
• STANLY COUNTY SCHOOLS: School canceled on Friday, Sept. 30. All activities on Friday have been canceled.
• UNION COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: School canceled for both students and staff on Friday, Sept. 30. All afterschool and athletic events scheduled for Friday and Saturday have been canceled.
• AMERICAN RENAISSANCE SCHOOL: School closed Friday, Sept. 30 for inclement weather.
• CHARLOTTE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: Remote learning day on Friday, Sept. 30.
• LAKE NORMAN CHARTER SCHOOL: Remote learning day on Friday, Sept. 30.
• RIDGEVIEW CHARTER SCHOOL: School canceled for Friday, Sept. 30 due to inclement weather.
• CHESTER COUNTY SCHOOLS: Remote learning on Friday, Sept. 30.
• CHESTERFIELD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT: Schools will dismiss early Thursday, Sept. 29, and will transition to virtual learning on Friday, Sept. 30. Extracurricular activities will be canceled until further notice.
• CLOVER SCHOOL DISTRICT: Students will have remote learning on Friday, Sept. 30.
• FORT MILL SCHOOL DISTRICT: Schools will release two hours early on Friday, Sept. 30.
• LANCASTER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT: All schools will be moving to virtual learning for Friday, Sept. 30.
• ROCK HILL SCHOOLS: Remote learning for Friday, Sept. 30.
• YORK DISTRICT 1: Remote learning for Friday, Sept. 30.

Events

• TASTE OF CHARLOTTE: The event, which was scheduled for this weekend at Truist Field, will now be held Oct. 7 through Oct. 9.
• PINK CUPCAKE WALK: The walk, originally scheduled for Oct. 1 at Truist Field, will now take place at 10 a.m. on Oct. 8 before the Taste of Charlotte starts for the day.
• ROWAN COUNTY UNITED WAY INTO THE LIGHT WALK: The Oct. 1 walk, scheduled for 7 to 8:20 a.m., will now take place inside Catawba College’s Goodman Gymnasium.
• ST. JUDE WALK/RUN CHARLOTTE: The original date of Oct. 1 has been pushed back to Sunday, Oct. 10 on Mint Street, between Romare Bearden Park and the Truist Field.
• GREATER CHARLOTTE HEART WALK: The American Heart Association’s walk has been pushed back from Saturday, Oct. 1 to Sunday, Oct. 16 at First Ward Park. The festival will begin at 10:30 a.m., and the walk will begin at noon.
• CONCORD INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL: Presented by the City of Concord and El Puente Hispano, the new date of the Concord International Festival is Saturday, Oct. 22 from noon to 6 p.m.
• FALL SAFE DISPOSAL EVENT: The biannual Fall Safe Disposal event hosted by City of Concord, Cabarrus Co. and Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont for shredding and electronic waste for recycling will be moved from Oct. 1 to Oct. 29, from 9 to 11 a.m.
• CHARLOTTE INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL: All outdoor performances and installations scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 29 and Friday, Sept. 30 have been canceled. Blumenthal remains optimistic that programming will resume over the weekend.
• CAROWINDS: Park closed on Friday, Sept. 30 due to incoming weather conditions.
• CAROLINA RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL: The festival will not open on Saturday, Oct. 1, as originally planned. Whether or not it will open on Sunday is dependent on post-storm conditions.
• BREAKAWAY CAROLINA: The music festival at Charlotte Motor Speedway has been postponed until the spring of 2023.

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