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Some southwest Illinois schools closed, others go online. Which is your school doing?

A Fairview Heights public works employee clears the streets in a neighborhood on Feb. 16, 2021. Schools are canceling school this week because of a snow storm.
A Fairview Heights public works employee clears the streets in a neighborhood on Feb. 16, 2021. Schools are canceling school this week because of a snow storm. dholtmann@bnd.com

In the hours before a winter storm warning goes into effect, metro-east school districts on Tuesday began announcing in-person classes will be canceled on Wednesday.

Some districts are opting for a remote or e-learning day, while others are closing completely for a traditional snow day.

These districts have announced they’re switching to e-learning on Wednesday:

  • Belleville School District 118
  • Belleville Township High School 201
  • Collinsville District 10
  • Dupo 196 Community Unit School District 196
  • East St. Louis School District 189, e-learning through Friday
  • Freeburg High School District 77
  • Granite City Community Unit School District 9
  • Harmony-Emge District 175
  • High Mount Distrist 116
  • McKendree University
  • Mount Olive District 5
  • Pontiac-William Holliday District 105
  • Triad District 2
  • Wolf Branch District 113

These districts have announced they’re having no school on Wednesday:

  • Aviston Elementary School District 21
  • Belleville Area Special Services
  • Cahokia Unit School District 187, closed through Friday
  • Central District 104 (O’Fallon)
  • Columbia Community Unit School District 4
  • Coulterville District 1
  • East Alton District 13
  • Edwardsville CU District 7
  • Highland District 5
  • Holy Cross Lutheran-Collinsville
  • Millstadt District 160
  • New Athens District 60
  • O’Fallon District 90
  • O’Fallon First Baptist Academy
  • Pathways School
  • Red Bud District 132
  • Roxana Distrit 1
  • Shiloh District 85
  • St. Clare Catholic School-O’Fallon
  • St. James Catholic School-Millstadt
  • Smithton District 130
  • Sparta Community Unit School District 140
  • Steeleville Community Unit School District 138
  • Waterloo District 5
  • Whiteside District 115
  • Wood River-Hartford 15
  • Zion Lutheran-Belleville

To report school closings or schedule changes, please email them to newsroom@bnd.com.

This story was originally published February 1, 2022 at 5:25 PM.

Mike Koziatek
Belleville News-Democrat
Mike Koziatek is a former journalist for the Belleville News-Democrat
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