(RICHMOND COUNTY, Ga.) – The National Weather Service has updated projections for inclement weather impacting Richmond County.

Richmond County Schools will implement their Early Release Schedule beginning at 11:30 A.M. tomorrow, Friday, January 21, 2022.

The school dismissal schedule is as follows:

Regular Dismissal TimeEarly Release Time
2:30pm schools11:30am
3:15pm schools12:15pm
3:25pm schools12:25pm
4:00pm schools1:00pm
4:30pm schools1:30pm
5:15pm schools2:15pm
5:30pm schools2:30pm
FROM THE RCSS WEBSITE

All athletic events, extracurricular activities and practices for Friday have been cancelled.

Region basketball games will be rescheduled.

Due to the inclement weather projections, the Boys and Girls Club, Family Y PrimeTime, and Jessye Norman School of the Arts Afterschool Programs will not operate tomorrow.

Augusta Parks and Recreation Loud Crowd Afterschool Program will operate as scheduled.


Warren County, Ga. (WJBF) – Due to the pending inclement weather predicted, students will be dismissed at 2:10pm.

The buses will pick up students at the career academy beginning at 2:00 pm and students at the main campus at 2:10pm.

Car riders will be released accordingly.


Due to weather concerns, Briarwood Academy in Warrenton will dismiss early today.

All elementary grades will dismiss at 11:45. All middle and high school grades will dismiss at 12:15. All after school activities have also been canceled.


McDuffie County, Ga. (WJBF) – McDuffie County will have early release at the following schools:

  • 1:00 Sand Hills and Dearing Elementary
  • 1:15 Special Education Buses
  • 1:20 Thomson-McDuffie Middle School
  • 1:25 Thomson High School
  • 1:30 McDuffie Achievement Center, Maxwell Elementary, Thomson Elementary, Norris Elementary