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Schools in several states will remain closed on Thursday and Friday after a winter storm brought over a foot of snow in some areas.

Why It Matters

Winter storm warnings and advisories were issued in nearly 20 states. Residents in parts of Kansas, Missouri, West Virginia and Ohio saw over 15 inches of snowfall.

What To Know

School districts in several states announced closures as crews continue to clear the snow.

School Closings
School closures have been announced in multiple states after a winter storm brought over a foot of snow in some areas. Anna Richard/Getty Images

Over a dozen states remain under some form of weather warning, including eight states under winter weather advisories and five under winter storm watches.

Major power outages have been reported in Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky following Tuesday's snowstorm.

Arkansas Schools Closings for Snowstorm

Ashdown School District will be closed Thursday.

Atkins School District will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Beebe School District will dismiss at 12 p.m. Thursday.

Benton School District will dismiss at 1 p.m. Thursday.

Bradford School District will dismiss at 1 p.m. Thursday.

Bryant School District will dismiss at 1 p.m. Thursday.

Cabot School District will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Caddo Hills School District will be closed Thursday.

Camden Fairview School District will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Conway School District will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Cossatot River School District will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Dardanelle School District will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Des Arc School District will dismiss at 1:30 p.m. Thursday.

Dover School District will be closed Thursday.

Foreman School District will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Fort Smith School District will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Fouke School District will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Glen Rose School District will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Guy-Perkins School District will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Harmony Grove School District (Camden) will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Heber Springs School District dismisses at 12 p.m. Thursday.

Hector School District will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Hope School District will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Horatio School District will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Hot Springs School District will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Jacksonville North Pulaski School District will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Lafayette County School District will be closed Thursday.

Lake Hamilton School District will be closed Thursday.

Lamar School District will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Lavaca School District will be closed Thursday.

Little Rock School District will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Lonoke School District will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Magazine School District will be closed Thursday.

Magnet Cove School District will be closed Thursday.

Malvern Special School District will be closed Thursday.

Mayflower School District will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Mena School District will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Midland School District will dismiss at 12:40 p.m. Thursday.

Mount Vernon-Enola School District will dismiss at 12:30 p.m. Thursday.

Mountain Pine School District will be closed Thursday.

Mulberry School District will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Nevada School District will be closed Thursday.

North Little Rock School District will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Ouachita River School District will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Ouachita School District will be closed Thursday.

Ozark School District will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Pangburn School District will dismiss at 12:30 p.m. Thursday.

Paris School District will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Parkers Chapel School District dismisses at 1 p.m. Thursday and will be closed Friday.

Pine Bluff School District will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Pottsville School District will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Poyen School District will be closed Thursday.

Prescott School District will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Pulaski County Special School District will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Riverview School District will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Rose Bud School District dismisses at 12:15 pm Thursday and will be closed Friday.

Russellville School District will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Scranton School District will be closed Thursday.

Searcy School District will dismiss at 12:30 p.m. Thursday.

Sheridan School District will be closed Thursday and Friday.

South Conway County School District will be closed Thursday and Friday.

South Pike County School District will be closed Thursday.

South Side Bee Branch School District will be closed Thursday.

Southside School District dismisses at 1 p.m. Thursday and will be closed Friday.

Spring Hill School District will be closed Thursday.

Springdale School District dismisses at 1:50 p.m. Thursday.

Star City School District dismisses at 1:15 p.m. Thursday.

Stuttgart School District hasn't announced that it will be closed on Thursday. It will be closed Friday.

Texarkana School District will be closed Thursday.

Two Rivers School District will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Van Buren School District will be closed Thursday.

Vilonia School District will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Waldron School District will be closed Thursday.

Watson Chapel School District will be closed Thurdsay and Friday.

West Fork School District will be closed Thursday.

West Side School District dismisses at 1 p.m. Thursday.

Western Yell County School District will be closed Thursday.

White County Central School District dismisses at 1 p.m. Thursday.

White Hall School District will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Wonderview School District will be closed Thursday.

Woodlawn School District dismisses at 1 p.m. Thursday.

Atlanta School Closings for Snowstorm

Bremen City Schools will be closed Friday.

Calhoun City Schools will be closed Friday.

Carroll County Schools will operate online classes Friday.

Carrollton City Schools will operate online classes Friday.

Gordon County Schools will be closed Friday.

Haralson County Schools will be closed Friday.

Heard County Schools will be closed Friday.

Polk County Schools will be closed Friday.

Atlanta School For Deaf will operate online classes Friday.

Oak Mountain Academy will operate online classes Friday.

Northwest Classical Academy will be closed Friday.

Athens Technical College will be closed Friday.

Clark Atlanta University will operate online classes Friday.

Georgia Northwestern Technical College will be closed Friday.

Gwinnett Technical College will be closed Friday.

Morehouse College will operate online classes Friday.

Morehouse School of Medicine will operate online classes Friday.

Spelman College will operate online classes Friday.

West GA Technical College will be closed Friday.

Texas School Closings for Snowstorm

ABC Son Shine School will be closed Thursday.

Alba-Golden ISD will be closed Thursday.

All Saints Episcopal School will be closed Thursday.

Athens ISD will be closed Thursday.

Atlanta ISD will be closed Thursday––confirming Friday by this afternoon.

Avinger ISD will be closed Thursday.

Big Sandy ISD (Upshur County) will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Brownsboro ISD will be closed Thursday.

Canton ISD will be closed Thursday.

Como-Pickton ISD will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Dangerfield Lone Star ISD will be closed Thursday––confirming Friday by this evening.

Edgewood ISD will be closed Thursday.

Eustace ISD will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Fruitvale ISD will be closed Thursday.

Gladewater ISD will be closed Thursday.

Grace Early Education (Lindale) will be closed Thursday.

Grand Saline ISD will be closed Thursday.

Hallsville ISD will be closed Thursday.

Harmony ISD will be closed Thursday.

Harts Bluff ISD will be closed Thursday.

Hawkins ISD will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Henderson ISD––open Thursday and deciding on Friday by 5.a.m.

Hughes Springs ISD will be closed Thursday.

Jarvis Christian University will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Jefferson ISD will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Kilgore ISD will be closed Thursday.

Kilgore College (Kilgore and Longview campus)

Laneville ISD will be closed Thursday.

LaPoynor ISD will be closed Thursday and until 10 a.m. Friday.

Leverett's Chapel ISD will be closed Thursday.

Lindale ISD will be closed Thursday.

Longview Christian School / Early Learning Center will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Longview ISD will be closed Thursday––confirming Friday by this evening.

Mabank ISD will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Marshall ISD will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Mineola ISD will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Mt. Vernon ISD will be closed Thursday.

North Hopkins ISD will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Ore City ISD will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Pittsburg ISD will be closed Thursday.

Quitman ISD will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Rains ISD will be closed Thursday.

Sabine ISD will be closed Thursday.

Saltillo ISD will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Spring Hill ISD will be closed Thursday.

Sulphur Springs ISD will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Texarkana ISD will be closed Thursday.

Texas State Technical College Marshall will be closed Thursday and Friday.

The Son Rise School will be closed Thursday.

Trinity Valley Community Texas will be closed Thursday.

Union Hill ISD will be closed Thursday.

Union Grove ISD will be closed Thursday.

Westwood ISD––will attempt to make a decision by 5:30 a.m.

White Oak ISD will be closed Thursday.

Wills Point ISD will be closed Thursday.

Winnsboro ISD will be closed Thursday.

Winona ISD will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Van ISD will be closed Thursday.

Yantis ISD will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Ohio School Closings for Snowstorm

A complete list of Central Ohio schools can be found here.

West Virginia School Closings for Snowstorm

Barbour School District will be closed Thursday.

Berkeley School District will operate on a delay.

Braxton School District will operate online classes Thursday.

Cabell School District will operate online classes Thursday.

Calhoun School District will be closed Thursday.

Doddridge School District will be closed Thursday.

Fayette School District will operate online classes Thursday.

Gilmer School District will be closed Thursday.

Grant School District will operate online classes Thursday.

Greenbrier School District will operate online classes Thursday.

Hardy School District will be closed Thursday.

Harrison School District will be closed Thursday.

Jackson School District will be closed Thursday.

Jefferson School District will be closed Thursday.

Lewis School District will operate online classes Thursday.

Lincoln School District will operate online classes Thursday.

Logan School District will be closed Thursday.

Marion School District will be closed Thursday.

Mason School District will operate online classes Thursday.

Mingo School District will operate online classes Thursday.

Monongalia School District will operate on a delay.

Morgan School District will be closed Thursday.

Nicholas School District will operate online classes Thursday.

Pleasants School District will be closed Thursday.

Putnam School District will be closed Thursday.

Raleigh School District will be closed Thursday.

Randolph School District will be closed Thursday.

Ritchie School District will operate online classes Thursday.

Roane School District will be closed Thursday.

Summers School District will be closed Thursday.

Taylor School District will operate online classes Thursday.

Tucker School District will operate online classes Thursday.

Tyler School District will be closed Thursday.

Upshur School District will operate online classes Thursday.

Webster School District will operate online classes Thursday.

Wirt School District will operate online classes Thursday.

Wood School District will be closed Thursday.

Kentucky School Closings for Snowstorm

A complete list of Kentucky Schools can be found on wymt.com

Maryland School Closings for Snowstorm

Caroline County Public Schools will be closed Thursday.

Prince George's County Public Schools will be closed Thursday.

Salisbury University will be closed Thursday.

Anne Arundel County Public Schools will be delayed two hours.

Charles County Public Schools will be delayed two hours.

Virginia School Closings for Snowstorm

A complete list of Virginia schools can be found here.

Kansas School Closings for Snowstorm

Abilene USD will be delayed two hours.

Buhler USD will open late Thursday by two hours.

Centre USD will open late Thursday by two hours.

Chapman USD will be closed Thursday, no evening activities.

Ell-Saline USD will be delayed two hours.

Haven USD will open late Thursday by two hours.

Herington USD will be delayed two hours.

North Lyon County USD will be delayed two hours.

North Ottawa County USD will be delayed two hours.

Rural Vista USD will be closed Thursday.

Solomon USD will be closed Thursday.

Southeast of Saline USD will be delayed by two hours.

St. Andrews Elementary - Abilene will be delayed by two hours.

Twin Valley USD will be delayed two hours.

Missouri School Closings for Snowstorm

A complete list of Missouri schools can be found here.

Indiana School Closings for Snowstorm

A complete list of Missouri schools can be found here.

What People Are Saying

NWS Weather Prediction Center, on X Sunday: "Following the ongoing winter storm, cold temperatures are expected across much of the central and eastern United States this week."

What Happens Next

An Arctic polar vortex is expected to push frigid winds across much of the U.S. in the coming weeks. A polar vortex is a a stream of cold air that normally spins around the poles in the stratosphere.

Update 01/09/25, 04:26 a.m. ET

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Jenna Sundel is a Newsweek reporter based in New Jersey. Her focus is reporting on breaking news. She has in-depth knowledge of crime and courts. Jenna joined Newsweek in 2024. She previously worked at The Messenger. She is a graduate of Montclair State University. You can find her on X @jennajournalist. You can get in touch with Jenna by emailing j.sundel@newsweek.com. Languages: English.

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Jasmine Laws is a US News Reporter at Newsweek based in London, U.K. Her focus is reporting on health insurance, including Medicare and Medicaid, but she also writes about U.S. politics, crime and global affairs. Jasmine joined Newsweek in 2024 from News UK and had previously written for the Metro, Byline Times, The Human Perspective magazine and The Express. She has previously extensively covered stories within the U.K. art industry, human rights, health, and human trafficking. She was one of the nominees for Best News Piece at the U.K's Anti-Slavery Day 2023 Awards in Parliament. She is a graduate of Durham University and completed her NCTJ at News Associates. You can get in touch with Jasmine by emailing jasmine.laws@newsweek.com. Languages: English.

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Shannon McDonagh is a Newsweek content reporter based in London. Her focus is reporting breaking wire stories across international politics and social issues. She has covered culture, politics and the environment extensively for a number of digital publications. Shannon joined Newsweek in 2024 following roles at Euronews and The Independent's Indy100. She trained as a reporter with the Press Association and won a BBC award for her time as an editor and reporter at the University of East Anglia's student newspaper, Concrete. You can get in touch with Shannon by emailing s.mcdonagh@newsweek.com. Languages: English.

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Michael D. Carroll is a Newsweek Breaking News Editor based in Birmingham, United Kingdom. His focus is reporting live news, U.S. and U.K. politics, and world news with attention on the Middle East. He has covered conflict, extreme weather events and disasters extensively. Michael joined Newsweek in 2024 after founding and directing Media Drum World news agency and had previously worked at a number of U.K. agencies. He is a graduate of University of Wales Swansea, having studied Modern History. Michael is a seasoned curator of editorial images and the author of historical photobook "Retrographic: History in Living Colour." You can get in touch with Michael by emailing m.carroll@newsweek.com. Languages: English.

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