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Henrico Schools cancels first day for Maybeury and Rivers Edge elementaries, sends students home from Freeman

School power outages and air conditioning issues caused Henrico Schools to cancel the first day of classes on Aug. 19 for three West End schools. On Friday, HCPS notified families from Rivers Edge Elementary that the school was experiencing power outages and would not open to students until Wednesday, Aug. 21. Families from Maybeury Elementary were notified late Sunday night that the school was without power due to storms in the area and would not open until Tuesday, Aug. 20. While students arrived Monday morning for the first day at Douglas S. Freeman High, they were sent home just a...

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