WHATCOM COUNTY, Wash. — As of 6:30am this morning, Tuesday, February 28th, Whatcom County schools and others have announced the following due to this morning’s snow event and subsequent slick roads.
- Bellingham Schools – operating on time, bus routes on snow routes, no daytime out-of-district transportation
- Bellingham Christian Schools – Sunset campus open 10:15am and classes start at 10:30, Spring Creek campus open 10:45am and classes start at 11am, no preschool classes today
- Assumption Catholic School –
no announcementUpdate 9am – 2-hour delay - Ferndale School District –
2-hour delay including jumpstart, no preschool, no out-of-district transportationUpdate 8:30am – All schools closed - Lummi Nation School – 2-hour delay
- Blaine School District –
2-hour delay, no AM preschool and no AM out of district transportationUpdate 8:30am – All schools closed - Lynden School District – no announcement
- Lynden Christian Schools – 1-hour delay
- Nooksack Valley School District – operating on time with normal bus routes
- Meridian School District –
2-hour delay, buses on snow routes, no preschool, no out-of-district transportationUpdate 8:30am – All schools closed - Mount Baker School District –
2-hour delay, buses on snow routes, no out-of-district transportation, no morning preschoolUpdate 8:30am – All schools closed - Whatcom Intergenerational High School – 2-hour delay
- Bellingham Technical College – no announcement
- Western Washington University – no announcement
- Whatcom Community College – no announcement
- Whatcom County Library System – Ferndale and Lynden will open at 10am, North Fork will open at noon, all other county libraries are on normal schedules
- Whatcom Transportation Authority – buses on normal routing, not stopping at stops with “snowflake” icon
- 540 Sudden Valley: traveling on Lake Whatcom Boulevard in both directions, turning around at the store
- 512 Sudden Valley: will not be traveling on Lake Louise Road, bus will use Lake Whatcom Boulevard in both directions, turning around at the store
- Route 27 Ferndale: is not stopping on the hill section of Church Road, riders are advised to go to a bus stop without a snowflake icon
Parents, students and staff should monitor their school’s website and email for updates in the morning as conditions continue to change.
Readers are encouraged to stay up to date on local driving conditions via the Whatcom News Traffic page.