Over 100 schools in Chicago and its suburbs closed or switched to online learning due to frigid temperatures. Some schools are extending e-learning days. Meanwhile, Chicago Public Schools remain open, with warmer temperatures and light snowfall expected.
The shift to e-learning for certain schools in the Chicago suburbs followed over 100 schools across the city and its suburbs either closing or transitioning to online learning due to frigid temperatures, with wind chills dropping as low as -30. According to the Emergency Closing Center, at least nine schools in the Chicago area were operating on e-learning schedules Wednesday.
The majority of these schools were situated in the southeastern suburbs, encompassing elementary, middle, and high schools in Crete, Monee, and University Park. The school district stated: 'As a result, we will extend the E-Learning Day until Wednesday, January 22nd, to continue our instructional programs with minimal disruption.' Chicago Public Schools remained open on Wednesday, though it was closed on Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Tuesday for a 'Teacher Institute Day.' However, there was some positive news: NBC 5 Meteorologist Alicia Roman reported that after two days of extreme cold warnings and cold weather advisories across Northeastern Illinois, featuring temperatures in the single digits and wind chill values as low as -30, Wednesday's highs would reach the 20s, with 'feels-like' temperatures in the teens. Roman said, 'Finally back into the 20s. Still below average, but definitely warmer.' She noted that the cold weather advisories and extreme cold warnings had shifted to the southern part of the U.S., including parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida, where winter storms were bringing as much as 11 inches of snow. Temperatures in the Chicago area were expected to remain in the 20s through the end of the week, according to Roman, rebounding over the weekend and late next week. As temperatures warmed slightly on Wednesday, snow was anticipated to move in. Snowfall was expected to begin around 8 a.m. in the Chicago area. The National Weather Service stated that snow would start north of I-80 around that time, with widespread snow showers expected to continue on-and-off through Wednesday afternoon and evening. The chances of snow increased north of I-80, and particularly north of I-88 this morning. There might be a lull in the afternoon, but snow chances would return tonight. For areas south of I-80, the chances of snow wouldn't increase until this evening and linger into early Thursday morning. Accumulations of between one and one-and-a-half inches of snow were possible, Roman said, before snow gradually came to an end Wednesday night. While snow totals may be light, 'very cold ground temperatures will lead to slippery travel on untreated roadways,' the NWS warned.
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