Officials with the Lake Washington School District have announced that due to the continued bad weather and related issues including power outages, all public schools in Kirkland will be closed Friday. All events for Thursday evening have been cancelled or postponed.

All programs and activities are cancelled and there will be no athletics, events, or building use.

The Lake Washington Institute of Technology will also be closed Friday.

A mandatory information meeting for Northstar Middle School, the Finn Hill Middle School open house and the STEM School mandatory information night, will be rescheduled for a later date.

All other information nights scheduled for tonight have been cancelled and will be rescheduled.

Elementary and junior high honor rehearsals (orchestra, choir, band) scheduled for tonight have been cancelled.