UPDATE: Valdosta State University announced a delayed opening on Friday, April 19, due to the threat of inclement weather.

Faculty, staff and students should be prepared to resume normal classes and business operations at 10 a.m. Friday, according to a VSU release.

Residence halls will remain open and staffed as usual.

As communities prepare for the reported severe weather Friday, April 19, schools across South Georgia are announcing closures.

Here are the current school systems that have announced there will be no school April 19:

Georgia Military College

Valdosta City Schools

Lowndes County Schools

Valwood School

Scintilla Charter Academy

Open Bible Christian School

Wiregrass Georgia Technical College

Brooks County Schools

Berrien County Schools

Lanier County Schools

Cook County Schools

Echols County Schools (closed for Easter break)

All school systems are expected to resume instruction Monday, April 22, except for Echols, which will return Tuesday, April 23.

Updates will be posted here as they come.