The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Thursday, August 17, 1995              TAG: 9508170595
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B3A  EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA 
DATELINE: ELIZABETH CITY                     LENGTH: Short :   20 lines

SCHOOLS CLOSE

All Elizabeth City-Pasquotank public school systems suspended operations at 1 p.m. Wednesday to await the passage of Hurricane Felix.

Charles White, school spokesman, said all staff members were sent home on administrative leave. There will be no school operations today; an announcement about Friday school openings will be made when a decision is reached by Superintendent Joseph W. Peel and his staff.

Friday's school convocation program has been canceled, White said. by CNB