Seattle Public Schools’ weekly meeting scheduled for tonight has been postponed and rescheduled for Jan. 25.
Rescheduled for Jan. 25
Due to weather conditions, the Seattle School Board is postponing tonight’s School Board meeting and work session. The rescheduled meeting and work session will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 25.
Seattle Public Schools is closed today and District administration is continuing to monitor the weather conditions to determine if school will be open tomorrow.

School is out again Friday. Seattle Public Schools announced this afternoon that all schools will again be closed Friday. No word yet on whether St. Anne’s or Our Lady of Fatima will close, but Seattle Archdiocese schools usually follow SPS’s lead.

Tonight’s Land Use Review Committee, part of Queen Anne Community Council’s monthly meetings, has been cancelled due to the weather.

Queen Anne and every other neighborhood in Seattle is getting more snow. Oy Vey! It’s 27 degrees out and meteorologists are predicting freezing rain and just plain rain through the weekend. Freezing rain was predicted for this morning and the rest of the day, but we’ve got snow. Send us your pictures at tips@queenanneview.com.

Well, sort of, says one reader, Valerie, who wrote that just after 3:30 p.m., she watched “four police officers tape off the hill under Prospect Avenue leaving a gaggle of would-be sledders hanging around wondering what the purpose of that was.”

Valerie told police that the public safety hazard aspect of sledding on the hill today was not at the top of the Queen Anne Avenue North, but at the bottom, where she saw one guy sled out in front of cars crossing the intersection at Roy Street. “There were no police down there,where they could do some good.” She disagreed with the police’s strategy. She said it was “frustrating, as there is some good they could be doing right now, rather than just spoiling everyone’s fun on a snow day.”

Today was a snow day and Thursday will be too, for students at Seattle Public Schools.
All schools are cancelled for Thursday, Jan. 19, and all after-school activities are cancelled, too. The schools are closed because of continued winter weather, including the threat of icy roads, making student transportation potentially unsafe.
Schools were closed today, and tonight’s School Board meeting was postponed until Jan. 25. All pre- and post- school activities are also cancelled, including games, practices, events, plays, meetings, etc.
“We hoped that students and staff could return to school on Thursday, but forecasts right now are showing continued severe weather, including the potential for icy roads,” said Interim Superintendent Dr. Susan Enfield. “We want to err on the side of caution, and also give families enough time to plan for another snow day.”
Please note that Thursday’s 4 p.m. School Board committee of the whole meeting has not been cancelled. As of now, that meeting will take place, and a decision on whether or not to cancel will be made by noon on Thursday. However, the John Stanford Center for Educational Excellence will be closed on Thursday to all non-essential personnel.
As of this afternoon, Seattle Public Schools has not yet determined when and how the snow days will be made up this year. That announcement will be made early next week.
Families and staff will receive an automated phone call about the closure, and can also check for updates on the District website at www.seattleschools.org and via the Public Schools Emergency Communications System at www.SchoolReport.org. Updates are also posted on Twitter @seapubschools.

UPDATE: 9:58 a.m.
Eat Local is open and is offering a free soup with every $25 purchase. Queen Anne Books has hot cocoa at the ready. And both Safeway and Met Market are open for business. Here’s a view from Queen Anne Books’ doorstep.

Photo: Queen Anne Books

Updated 9:10 a.m. Queen Anne Ave is now closed.

@MorganPalmer of Kiro 7 tweeted this photo.

Updated 8:30 a.m. @KCMetroBus sent this Tweet: Due to road conditions, rts 1, 2 & 13 unable to serve the portion of their snow routing north of Seattle Center. Turning back at 2nd/Roy.

Earlier: Queen Anne finally has snow! People are reporting a couple of inches as of 8 a.m.

And as one could expect, news crews are standing at the bottom of Queen Anne Ave – just waiting for the slipping and sliding. Forecasters are saying that snow will continue throughout the morning and may ease up around lunchtime.

Jim Cantore of the Weather Channel posted this clip earlier today.

@MorganPalmer of KIRO Tweeted this picture of Queen Anne Ave just north of Mercer.
Here is information you should know for the day:

Got snow pics? Email us at tips@queenanneview.com.

Because of a mechanical failure and cloudy pool water, the Queen Anne Aquatic Center is closed. Parks staff will evaluate the water clarity at 2 p.m. to determine if the pool will be open or closed for the day. The 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. programs are canceled.

Parks apologizes for the inconvenience and said it will have the pool open as soon as possible.

Update 12 p.m. From Seattle Public Schools:

All Seattle Public Schools will be closed two hours early on Tuesday, Jan. 17. All after school events will be cancelled. This includes games, practices, events, plays, meetings, etc.

We are cancelling all classes this afternoon because of recent winter weather. Buses in the north end are having difficulty on the roads. This will be operated as a two-hour early release. Weather patterns changed this morning in the north end of the District requiring us to dismiss classes early. We apologize for the inconvenience this caused today but predicting the weather is not an easy task. Safety is a top priority of our students.

SPS will send an automated phone call to all families notifying them of the two-hour early release. Families who are using childcare services at a school should contact the childcare provider directly for hours.

Seattle Public Schools is closely monitoring the weather this week, especially for school on Wednesday. Families will receive an automated phone call if school is cancelled.

Families can learn if there is a school delay or closure through:

• local media (TV, radio stations, newspapers and blogs)
• the District website at www.seattleschools.org
• an automated phone call
• the Public Schools Emergency Communications System at www.SchoolReport.org

St. Anne School atop Queen Anne Hill has delayed its start time two hours due to inclement weather. School will start at 10 a.m. There will be no pre-school today.

Registration is currently underway for the Queen Anne Quick Styx Girls Youth Lacrosse program and the deadline to register is fast approaching for the spring season.
The Queen Anne Quick Styx is the only Girls Youth Lacrosse program West of I-5 in Seattle. The program is open to girls in the 2nd through 8th grades. For more information regarding registration and girls youth lacrosse please go to: www.eteamz.com/QueenAnneQuickStyx/

A four-story apartment building at 23 W. Galer St. caught fire this morning. No one was hurt. Photo: Seattle Fire Department.

Shortly after 3 a.m., fire crews rushed to the scene and doused the blaze. More than 40 residents were evacuated. One woman needed to be rescued by ladder from the second floor. The fire caused $130,000 in damage.

The evacuated residents waited in a Metro bus as the firefighters fought the blaze, according to SFD’s spokesperson Kyle Moore.

“All but two [residents] were able to return to their homes,” Moore said. “Those two residents, a man and a woman, are being helped by Red Cross,” to find a place to stay. “No one was hurt, that’s the good thing.”