Haywood County Schools will remain closed Aug. 25 due to a ransomeware attack that was identified the previous morning.
The system announced in an 8:30 a.m. Aug. 24 release that school would be closed that day — with an optional workday for teachers — due to the attack.
In a release later that day, HCS announced it would be closed to students a second day with another optional teacher work day.
"Instruction will resume when remote access is restored," HCS superintendent Bill Nolte said in the release. "We apologize for not being able to communicate as effectively as normal. Servers, Internet and telephone services are still down in the school system." read more here