Education

Metro-east schools face a second day of closures and e-learning. Here’s the list

Dangerous cold continues this week.
Dangerous cold continues this week. Belleville News-Democrat

Gusty winds are making road clearing a challenge and wind chills are dipping into the single digits, meaning some metro-east school districts are closing or planning remote learning for the second day in a row.

A winter storm blew through the St. Louis region Saturday night through early Monday morning, dropping a mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain up to 11 inches deep in some areas. Some districts — including Belleville 201, Belleville 118, Columbia 4, Harmony-Emge-Ellis District 175, O’Fallon 90 schools and Whiteside 115 — already had teacher institute days, with no students in attendance, scheduled for Monday.

It was the weather, however, that extended the holiday break an extra day for most other schools in the southern half of Illinois.

The following K-12 school districts and private schools in Bond, Clinton, Madison, Monroe, Randolph, St. Clair and Washington counties are closed again on Tuesday or opting for an electronic-learning or “e-learning” day.

School administrators may report closings by emailing newsroom@bnd.com.

The list will be updated throughout the day:

Closed

Alton 11

Althoff Catholic High School (Belleville)

ASP2 STEAM Academy (Belleville)

Aviston 21

Belle Valley 119

Belleville Area Special Services Cooperative/Pathways

Belleville 118

Bethalto 8

Blessed Sacrament Catholic School (Belleville)

Breese 12

Brooklyn 188

Cahokia 187

Carlyle 1

Central 71 (Breese)

Central 104 (O’Fallon)

Chester 139

Collinsville 10

Columbia 4

Damiansville 62

Dupo 196

East St. Louis 189

First Baptist Academy (O’Fallon)

Germantown 70

Governor French Academy (Belleville)

Grant 110

Highland 5

High Mount 116 (Belleville)

Holy Cross Lutheran (Collinsville)

Illinois Center for Autism (Pasta Fare)

JTC Academy West and East (Cahokia Heights)

Lebanon 9

Legacy Christian Academy (Fairview Heights)

Lewis and Clark Community College

Madison 12

Marissa 40

Mascoutah 19

Metro-East Montessori School (Granite City)

Millstadt 160

Monroe County Christian School (Columbia)

Mulberry Grove 1

Nashville 49

New Athens 60

O’Fallon 90

O’Fallon 203

Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic School (Belleville)

Perandoe Special Education Disrict (Red Bud)

Pontiac-William Holliday 105

Prairie du Rocher 134

Red Bud 132

Rivers of Life Christian School (Granite City)

Shiloh Village 85

Signal Hill 181 (Belleville)

Sister Thea Bowman Catholic School (East St. Louis)

SIUE East St. Louis Charter High School

Southwestern Illinois College (all campuses, day and night)

Sparta 140

St. Clare Catholic School (O’Fallon)

St. Joseph Catholic School (Freeburg)

St. Libory 30

St. Mary’s Catholic School (Chester)

St. Paul Catholic School (Highland)

St. Teresa Catholic School (Belleville)

Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic School (Collinsville)

Steeleville 138

Trinity Lutheran School (Edwardsville)

Valmeyer 3

Venice 3

Waterloo 5

Wesclin 3

Whiteside 115

Wolf Branch 113

Wood River-Hartford 15

Word of Life Christian Academy (Granite City)

Zion Lutheran School (Belleville)

E-Learning

Belleville 201

Coordinated Youth School (Granite City)

East Alton-Wood River 14

Edwardsville 7

Freeburg 70

Freeburg 77

Gibault Catholic High School (Waterloo)

Granite City 9

Harmony-Emge 175

Illinois Center for Autism (Belleville and Fairview Heights)

Menta Academy (Belleville and Millstadt)

Smithton 130

St. James Catholic School (Millstadt)

This story was originally published January 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM.

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