Students will get a second day off from school this week because of the snow and ice that has fallen and is expected to fall in the Shenandoah Valley. Staunton, Augusta County and Waynesboro public schools all announced that they will be closed Tuesday, Jan. 7.

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With a winter storm warning in place for much of the area and five inches or more of snow plus ice expected through late Monday or even into the early hours of Tuesday morning, public schools in Staunton,