Falls Church City Public Schools will be closed Tuesday, February 9, it was announced this afternoon. In addition, daycare, after school programs and all other school activities are cancelled.

Following a telephone conference call with all relevant members of the City of Falls Church staff this morning, Falls Church officials announced this morning that the City's schools and government offices will remain closed on Monday as City plowing crews continue efforts that began Saturday night to clear residential streets of the impacts of the record snowfall. The City's community center and library will be closed today.

With the cessation of the snowing at 6 p.m. today, City of Falls Church officials issued a public statement urging citizens to remain off the roads while City crews continue working overtime to clear the main arteries through the City and prepare to clear side roads over the course of the next two days. F.C. Public Information Officer Barbara Gordon also urged citizens to remain patient through the clean-up effort, noting the monumental task that has faced City crews since early Friday.