Hurricane Idalia: The storm has passed Northeast Florida, here's what's reopening soon

Beth Reese Cravey, Jacksonville Florida Times-Union
Updated ·4 min read
A vehicle drives past the barricaded front doors and windows of Walmart on San Jose Blvd. Wednesday morning as Hurricane Idalia passed by. The storm reopened later that day and will have normal hours Thursday.
A vehicle drives past the barricaded front doors and windows of Walmart on San Jose Blvd. Wednesday morning as Hurricane Idalia passed by. The storm reopened later that day and will have normal hours Thursday.

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With Hurricane Idalia now beyond Northeast Florida, schools and offices that closed before the storm are now assessing when to re-open. The Times-Union is tracking them here. If you have an opening to report, email bcravey@jacksonville.com.

Public K-12 schools

Private K-12 schools

  • Most Diocese of St. Augustine Catholic schools in Clay, Duval, St. Johns and Nassau counties will reopen Thursday. All of them were already scheduled to be closed Friday for a professional development day. To check an individual school's status, go to dosaeducation.org

  • University Christian School will reopen Friday. ucsjax.com

  • Trinity Christian Academy will reopen Thursday. tcajax.org

  • The Bolles School will reopen Thursday. bolles.org

  • The Episcopal School of Jacksonville will reopen Thursday. esj.org

  • St. Johns Country Day School in Orange Park will reopen Thursday. sjcds.net

  • Jacksonville Country Day School will reopen Thursday. jcds.com

  • All Diocese of St. Augustine Catholic schools in Clay, Duval, St. Johns and Nassau counties are closed Wednesday and potentially Thursday. The closure also applies to all diocesan offices dosaeducation.org

  • North Florida School of Special Education will reopen. northfloridaschool.org

  • Christian Heritage Academy will reopen Thursday. chajax.org

  • Edward Waters University will reopen Thursday, classes will resume Friday. facebook.com/EWU1866

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Higher education

  • The University of North Florida will reopen Thursday. unf.edu

  • Florida State College at Jacksonville will reopen Thursday. fscj.edu

  • St. Johns River State College will reopen its campuses Thursday. sjrstate.edu

  • Jacksonville University will hold Thursday classes online. Faculty and staff should plan to work remotely. facebook.com/jacksonvilleuniversity

  • Trinity Baptist College will reopen Friday. tbc.edu

  • Saint Leo University in Jacksonville will reopen Thursday. brnw.ch/21wC3Z1.

  • Keiser University Jacksonville will reopen Thursday. keiseruniversity.edu

  • First Coast Technical College in St. Augustine will reopen Thursday. fctc.edu

  • Flagler College will reopen at noon Thursday. facebook.com/FlaglerCollege/

  • Nova Southeastern University will reopen its Jacksonville Regional Campus Friday. nova.edu/hurricane

Other reopenings

  • City of Jacksonville government offices will reopen Thursday. coj.net/

  • The Duval County Courthouse and Clerk of Courts will reopen Friday. duvalclerk.com

  • Clay County government offices will reopen Thursday. claycountygov.com

  • St. Johns County government offices will reopen Thursday, including libraries, bookmobiles, parks, St. Johns Golf Club, St. Johns County Ocean Pier and Gift Shop, beachfront parks and beach walkovers. The exceptions are the Clerk of Courts Office and beach driving, which will resume normal hours Friday. sjcfl.us/Hurricane

  • St. Johns County residential waste collection will a resume normal schedule Thursday. Residents originally scheduled for collection on Wednesday will receive service Saturday. sjcfl.us/Hurricane

  • Government offices for the cities of St. Augustine and St. Augustine Beach will reopen Thursday. St. Augustine will not collect residential recycling Thursday or Friday; St. Augustine Beach will resume normal residential waste collection service Thursday. sjcfl.us/Hurricane

  • St. Johns County Council on Aging senior centers, facilities and programming will resume Friday. coasjc.org/news

  • Planned Parenthood's Jacksonville health center will reopen Thursday. plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-south-east-north-florid

  • CareerSource NEFL Career Center will reopen at 9 a.m. Friday. careersourcenortheastflorida.com

  • 121 Financial Credit Union will reopen Thursday. 121fcu.org

  • The Women's Center of Jacksonville will reopen Thursday. thewcj.org

  • VyStar Credit Union and its branches will reopen Thursday. vystarcu.org

  • First Coast YMCA branches will reopen Thursday, but the YMCA's afterschool programming in Duval County Public Schools will remain closed. fcymca.org

  • Nassau County government offices will reopen Thursday. facebook.com/NassauEM

  • The Nassau County Courthouse will reopen Friday. facebook.com/NassauEM

  • Community First Credit Union and its branches will reopen Thursday. communityfirstfl.org

  • The Florida Department of Health in Clay County reopened the following offices Thursday: Vital Statistics, 1845 Town Center Blvd., Fleming Island; Bear Run Clinic, 3229 Bear Run Blvd., Orange Park; and Women, Infants and Children, 1845 Town Center Blvd., Fleming Island and3229 Bear Run Blvd., Orange Park. floridahealth.gov

  • The Florida Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims in Jacksonville will reopen Friday. fljcc.org/jcc

  • The Jacksonville Transportation Authority resumed standard operations Thursday of its fixed routes, First Coast Flyer, ReadiRide, Express Select, Paratransit and Skyway services. St. Johns River Ferry service remains suspended. jtafla.com/media-center/news-stories/idalia

  • The Museum of Science & History reopened Thursday. themosh.org/storm

  • MOCA Jacksonville reopened Thursday. mocajacksonville.unf.edu

  • The Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens reopened Thursday. facebook.com/JacksonvilleZooandGardens

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