Ken McLemore

Hope Public Schools Superintendent Dr, Bobby Hart announced today all campuses of the district will extend the pivot to virtual learning announced earlier because of weather conditions across southwest Arkansas.

"HPS will extend its pivot to virtual days on Thursday, Feb. 18, and Friday, Feb. 19," Dr. Hart said in an all-call announcement. "Campuses will be closed and there will be no on-site instruction either day. Everyone please stay safe."

The Bobcat Clinic at Hope High School will also be closed for the duration of the districtwide pivot, Gretchen Carlton, clinic director, announced.