As Florida residents emerge from their homes and shelters this morning, one of the first thoughts — after "is everyone OK" and "how much damage is there" — is whether there is school today.
Hurricane Helene made landfallon Florida's Big Bend coastline Thursday at 11:10 p.m., according tothe National Hurricane Center.
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By 6:30 a.m., more than 1.18 million people around the state were without power.
Is there school today in Florida?
Here is a list of the schools that are closed today, Friday, Sept. 27, according to the Florida Department of Education:
- Alachua County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Baker County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Bay County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Bradford County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Calhoun County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Charlotte County Schools will be closed Friday
- Citrus County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Clay County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Columbia County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Dixie County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Duval County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- FAMU-DRSwill be closed Friday
- Flagler County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Florida State University Schoolwill be closed Friday
- Florida Virtual Schoolwill be closed Friday
- Franklin County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Gadsden County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Gilchrist County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Gulf County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Hamilton County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Lee County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Leon County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Levy County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Liberty County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Madison County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Manatee County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Marion County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Hillsborough County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Holmes County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Jackson County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Jefferson County Schools will be closed Friday
- LafayetteCounty Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Nassau County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Pasco County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Pinellas County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Polk County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Putnam County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Sarasota County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- St. Johns County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Sumter County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Suwannee County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Taylor County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Union County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Wakulla County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Walton County Schoolswill be closed Friday
- Washington County Schoolswill be closed Friday
School open Friday in these Florida counties
Schools that will be open today, Friday, Sept. 27 are:
- Broward County Schoolswill reopen Friday
- Brevard County Schoolswill reopen Friday
- Collier County Schoolswill reopen Friday
- DeSoto County Schoolswill reopen Friday
- Escambia County Schoolswill reopen Friday
- Glades County Schoolswill reopen Friday
- Hardee County Schoolswill reopen Friday
- Hendry County Schoolswill reopen Friday
- Hernando County Schoolswill reopen Friday
- Highlands County Schoolswill reopen Friday
- Indian River Schoolswill reopen Friday
- Lake County Schoolswill reopen Friday
- Martin County Schoolswill reopen Friday
- Monroe County Schoolswill reopen Friday
- Okaloosa County Schoolswill reopen Friday
- Okeechobee County Schoolswill reopen Friday
- Orange County Schoolswill reopen Friday
- Palm Beach County Schoolswill reopen Friday
- Seminole County Schoolswill reopen Friday
- St. Lucie County Schoolswill reopen Friday
- Volusia County Schoolswill reopen Friday
What Florida colleges are open or closed Friday in Florida?
- Broward Collegewill reopen Friday
- Chipola Collegewill be closed through Friday
- College of Central Florida:
- Marion Campuswill be closed Friday
- Levy and Citrus Campuseswill be closed Friday
- Daytona State Collegewill reopen Friday
- Eastern Florida State Collegewill be closed Friday
- Florida Gateway Collegewill be closed Friday
- Florida Southwestern State Collegewill be closed Friday
- Florida State College at Jacksonvillewill be closed Friday
- Gulf Coast State College (All Campuses)will be closed Friday
- Hillsborough Community Collegewill be closed Friday
- Indian River State Collegewill reopen Friday
- Lake-Sumter State College (All Campuses)were closed on Thursday
- North Florida Collegewill be closed Friday
- Northwest Florida State Collegewill reopen Friday
- Palm Beach State Collegewill reopen Friday
- Pasco-Hernando State Collegewill be closed Friday
- Pensacola State Collegewill reopen Friday
- Polk State Collegewill be closed Friday
- Santa Fe Collegewill be closed Friday
- Seminole State Collegewill reopen Friday
- South Florida State Collegewill be closed Friday
- St. Johns Rivers State Collegewill be closed Friday
- St. Petersburg Collegewill be closed Friday
- State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasotawill be closed through Sunday, Sept. 29
- Tallahassee State Collegewill be closed Friday
- The College of the Florida Keyswill reopen Friday
- Valencia Collegewill reopen Friday
What Florida universities are open or closed Friday in Florida?
- Florida A&M Universitywill be closed Friday
- Florida Atlantic Universitywill reopen Friday morning
- HBOI will reopen at noon.
- Florida Gulf Coast Universitywill reopen Friday
- Florida Polytechnic Universitywill be closed Friday
- Florida State UniversityTallahassee campus and the Coastal & Marine Lab in St. Teresa will be closed until 11 p.m. ET Sunday, Sept. 29
- New College of Floridawill be closed Friday
- University of Central Floridawill be reopen Friday
- University of Floridawill be closed Friday
- University of North Floridawill be closed Friday
- University of South Floridawill be closed Friday
- University of West Floridawill reopen at 5 a.m. Friday
