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ST. MARYS – With rain continuing to fall and waterways continuing to swell, Pleasants County Schools dismissed students at 1 p.m. today.
District officials checked the roads Friday morning and determined conditions were safe for students to attend classes, said Eric Croasmun, director of curriculum, instruction and personnel for the district. But after a review later in the day, “they were concerned that in the lower-lying areas where a lot of our buses go, there was water coming up.”
In order to make sure students got home before road conditions became a problem, the decision was made to dismiss early, Croasmun said.
A flood watch remains in effect in Pleasants County and much of the region until Saturday afternoon.