Day 4: More school closings and e-learning days with continued ice and cold. Here’s the list

Most metro-east school districts will have students back on campus Thursday, but closures and home-based lessons will persist for a fourth consecutive day thanks to the winter storm that raked over the region with snow, sleet and freezing rain last weekend.

It’s mostly rural districts that continue to struggle with hazardous back roads and dangerous wind chills.

For Belleville and much of the metro-east, the National Weather Service in St. Louis is predicting a clear but cold morning Thursday, with a low temperature around 2 degrees. It’ll warm up to 31 degrees by afternoon. Snow returns after midnight, though, with 1 to 3 more inches possible before school is scheduled to let out on Friday.

The following schools are either closed again on Thursday or opting for an electronic-learning or “e-learning” day.

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

This list will be updated throughout the day:

Closed

Albers 63

ASP2 STEAM Academy (Belleville)

Brooklyn 188

Cahokia 187

Carlyle 1

Central 71 (Breese)

Chester 139

Damiansville 62

Marissa 40

Marquette Catholic High School (Alton)

Nashville 49

New Athens 60

SIUE East St. Louis Charter High School

Sparta 140

Steeleville 138

E-Learning

Aviston 21

Breese 12

East St. Louis 189

Germantown 60

This story was originally published January 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM.