{"id":47024,"date":"2016-11-28T17:17:43","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T17:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=47024"},"modified":"2016-11-28T17:17:43","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T17:17:43","slug":"six-schools-on-st-croix-dismissed-early-due-to-smoke-from-h-h-tire-and-battery-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=47024","title":{"rendered":"Six Schools On St. Croix Dismissed Early Due To Smoke From H.H. Tire And Battery Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. CROIX &#8212; Smoke accumulation from the <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/breaking-news\/hh-tire-battery-burns-down\/\" target=\"_blank\">overnight fire that destroyed HH Tire &amp; Battery<\/a><\/span> on St. Croix has adversely affected the air quality of a number of schools westward of the business, the Department of Education has announced.<\/p>\n<p>The following schools have announced immediate dismissals on Monday, November 28:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ricardo Richards Elementary School<\/li>\n<li>Alfredo Andrews Elementary School<\/li>\n<li>John H. Woodson Jr. High School<\/li>\n<li>Elena Christian Jr. High School<\/li>\n<li>St. Croix Central High School<\/li>\n<li>St. Croix Educational Complex<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Students are being fed lunch and school buses will arrive at campuses between 11-11:30 a.m. to transport students to their regular drop-off locations. However, parents who are able to may begin signing students out immediately.<\/p>\n<p>D.O.E. says it will issue an update later today relative to the status of schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. CROIX &#8212; Smoke accumulation from the overnight fire that destroyed HH Tire &amp; Battery on St. Croix has adversely affected the air quality of a number of schools westward of the business, the Department of Education has announced. The following schools have announced immediate dismissals on Monday, November 28: Ricardo Richards Elementary School Alfredo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":30943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[191,147],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Six Schools On St. Croix Dismissed Early Due To Smoke From H.H. 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