Metro Nashville Schools Closed Friday, Sept. 1

NASHVILLE, TN — Metro Nashville Public Schools will be closed Friday, Sept. 1 due to the inclement weather and flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Harvey, the district announced early Friday, giving students a four-day Labor Day weekend.

Though waters were receding, most roads were open and power had been restored to 90 percent of people who experienced outages Thursday, MNPS opted, acting out of an abundance of caution, to keep kids at home.

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A number of districts across Middle Tennessee made the same decision, as the storm dropped as much as nine inches of rain, spawning tornadoes and severe storms across the area

Closings as of 5:30 a.m. Friday are:

• Cheatham Co. Schools: Closed
• Clarksville-Montgomery Co. Schools: Closed
• Davidson Co. Metro Schools: Closed
• Decatur County Schools: Closed
• Dickson County Schools: Closed
• Hickman County Schools: Closed
• Houston County Schools: Closed
• Humphreys County Schools: Closed
• Perry County Schools: Closed
• Robertson Co. Schools: Closed
• Stewart County Schools: Closed
• Sumner Co. Schools: Closed

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